The Province and public-health officials are taking actions to continue protecting people, communities and the health-care system this fall and are encouraging people in B.C. aged six months and older to get their COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.
Name: Emily Larochelle (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Registered Nurse, Clinical Care Educator
Years of Service: 13
Worksite: Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Community: Trail, West Kootenays
Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa and Syilx Nations
Merritt and area residents are advised that Interior Health has secured nursing coverage tonight for the emergency department at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt. The emergency department is open overnight until 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to unexpected limited nursing and physician availability.
Effective immediately until 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29 emergency department services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to unexpected limited physician availability.
From 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 to 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29 emergency department services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
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 Thursday, September 28 and will reopen 8 a.m. Friday, September 29. Patients can access care at Arrow Lakes Hospital at 97 - 1st Ave NE, Nakusp.
When long-term care residents throughout the region had to evacuate this summer due to wildfires, Interior Health team members stepped up repeatedly to help. Nearly 1,000 long-term care residents were evacuated over the summer at various times due to wildfire threats, and have since been able to return home.
Keremeos and area residents are advised of a temporary change at the South Similkameen Health Centre due to unexpected limited nursing availability.
On Wednesday, Sept. 27, walk-in services will not be available. Patients with urgent needs will be redirected to Penticton Regional Hospital.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to limited staffing availability.
From 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 emergency department services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
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 6 p.m. Saturday, September 23 to 8 a.m. Sunday, September 24 and patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital.
