New Denver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre due to limited staffing availability.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Patients can access care at Arrow Lakes Hospital at 97 - 1st Ave NE, Nakusp.
Name: Ian Luckhurst (he/him/his)
Job Title: Manager, Clinical Education
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Professional Practice Office
Community: Rossland
Ancestral Territory: Syilx and Ktunaxa Nations
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: "Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence." - Desiderata, 1927
Breastfeeding and human milk are not only important for the health and well-being of babies and infants, but for parents, families and communities. But did you know there are a lot of other benefits to supporting breastfeeding parents, and parents who express milk, in addition to the health and well-being of babies?
To advance health-focused climate change action and sustainability in B.C.’s Southern Interior, we’ve developed the Climate Change and Sustainability Roadmap. The Roadmap will serve as a strategy to guide 20 climate change and sustainability actions across IH over the next five years.
A new mammography unit has opened at Shuswap Lake General Hospital to serve the Shuswap region. The site provides free screening mammograms for eligible people and diagnostic mammograms for those needing further testing, allowing patients to access year-round care closer to home.
Interior Health (IH) has released a five-year Climate Change and Sustainability Roadmap that provides long-term, strategic direction for preparing for and mitigating the health impacts of climate change. IH is committed to being a leader in creating a sustainable and resilient health-care system that equitably contributes to the well-being of clients, patients, staff, communities and the planet.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital due to limited physician availability.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 and patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital due to limited physician availability.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 p.m. Friday, September 29 to 8 a.m. Saturday, September 30 and patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital.
Have you ever wondered who helps ensure food establishments are serving your food safely, or the water you’re swimming in is safe? How boil water advisories are issued? Or what happens when someone comes into contact with a bat?
That’s your Interior Health environmental health officers (EHOs) at work.
Patients in Lytton and area now have access to improved local health care services with the opening of a primary care clinic. The primary care clinic is located at 1535 St. Georges Road, right across from the Tl’kemtsin Health Centre. It is on Lytton First Nation (LFN) lands and Interior Health is leasing the space.
