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New Sun Peaks health centre takes another step towards fall opening
SUN PEAKS – The mountain resort community of Sun Peaks is moving forward with plans…
Last day for Vernon walk-in clinic brings concerns for medical marijuana patients
VERNON – Patients were lined up outside the closing Gartree Medical Clinic this morning, many…
New program will see Kelowna doctors hire nurses to help share workload in family practices
KELOWNA – People without a family doctor in Kelowna could be linked up with a…
B.C. doctors, patients fear uncertain future if pain management treatments are stripped
VERNON – The needle only dips into her spine for a few seconds, but the…
B.C. doctors offering appointments via phone and video
B.C. residents can visit their family doctor virtually and have a consultation with their family…
These Kamloops doctors leveraged the power of social media to curb COVID-19 misinformation
Kamloops doctors have taken to social media to answer burning questions about COVID-19 and the…
Kelowna, Lake Country find new way to get doctors amid shortage
While physician shortages are reported across the province, some Kelowna and Lake Country medical clinics…
Fatigued doctors at Kelowna hospital vote unanimously to promote COVID-19 immunization
Doctors working in Kelowna General Hospital are used to working long hours but that doesn’t…
Kamloops doctor closing practice, leaving 1,500 residents without family physician
A Kamloops doctor whose changing medical careers and closing his practice thinks it's a good…
Access to healthcare in Kamloops a barrier to potential new residents
Kamloops residents are perhaps not the only ones concerned about the state of healthcare in…
Medical clinic in Peachland set to reopen in the fall
A small Okanagan town with a population of around 5,000 without a medical clinic for…
Vernon walk-in medical clinic set to close
A Vernon walk-in clinic has announced it will be closing permanently. The North Okanagan Medical…
Expect to feel the squeeze as walk-in clinics close or cut back hours in Vernon
VERNON - Dwindling access to walk-in clinics in Vernon will lead to longer line-ups, and more people travelling outside their communities to see a doctor, says a Kelowna advocate for walk-ins. While the community is still absorbing the impending closure of the Vernon Family Doctor’s Walk-In Clinic, another blow came this week with news that...
Plans underway to fill health care gap left behind by Vernon walk-in closure
VERNON - As one walk-in medical clinic in Vernon closes, the door to a new one may soon be opening. Plans are quietly developing around the possibility of a new walk-in medical clinic in Vernon following news that the Vernon Family Doctors Walk-In Clinic at the Fruit Union Plaza is closing March 19, 2016. Few...
Ashcroft and Logan Lake could have doctors within six months
THOMPSON-NICOLA - With the loss of community doctors in both Logan Lake and Ashcroft residents have had limited health care options for a significant period of time, but that could change by February as the province continues with a program to bring international doctors to rural communities. Dr. Nancy Humber, the community medical director for...