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Interior Health 2022
iN VIDEO: This Penticton doctor took new approach to treat people with alcohol use disorder
The late Penticton physician Dr. Jeff Harries took a different approach in helping treat patients…
318 new COVID cases in Interior Health region
There have been 318 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Interior Health region in…
COVID outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital
A COVID-19 outbreak was declared on a ward at Kelowna General Hospital yesterday. Interior Health…
534 B.C. residents in hospital and 102 in ICU with COVID-19
As the number of COVID-19 cases climbs in B.C., so does the number of people…
Number of COVID outbreaks in Interior Health care homes grows to 18
There are now 18 care facilities and one hospital in the Interior Health region with…
Indigenous artist selected to lead design of ‘cultural wall’ at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux artist Chris Bose will lead the design of a new "cultural wall"…
COVID hospitalizations remain high in B.C.
The number of people in hospital with a positive COVID test result grew to 987…
Almost 900 Interior Health employees terminated due to vaccine mandate
Health-care staff shortages have put pressure on Interior Health to cut services in rural communities…
Elderly man’s family frustrated with Kelowna care home
The wife of a senior in a Kelowna long-term care home who went without heat…
Tainted drugs of all colours circulating in Kamloops, Okanagan
Interior Health is urging users to get their drugs tested as a tainted supply circulates…
Interior Health taking notorious West Kelowna gym to court
Iron Energy Gym continues to defy public health orders despite closure orders and fines, so…
Time has come to move beyond Housing First model for homeless people in Interior Health
While the province’s drive in the last few years to build supportive housing to help…
Non-urgent surgeries and other cancelled health services set to resume in Interior Health
Starting Feb. 23, Interior Health will start rescheduling non-urgent surgeries that have been postponed since…
Kamloops permanent supervised drug consumption site in early stages
Interior Health is planning a permanent supervised drug consumption site in Kamloops. The health authority…
Omicron infections slow to decline in Interior Health due to low vaccination rate
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is taking longer to let go of its hold on…