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Interior Health Authority 2018
Vernon drug checking service wants you to ‘know what’s in your dope’
VERNON – With a toothpick, the outreach worker picks up a few sand-sized specks from…
On demand HIV testing now available throughout Interior Health region
Testing for HIV is getting less complicated for residents throughout the Interior Health region, thanks…
Intensive Interior Health drug treatment program has dozens of success stories
A total of 63 people with drug users problems have completed the Intensive Day Treatment…
Interior residents advised to get their flu shots
Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get a needle stuck in your arm…
New report sheds light on who is dying in opioid crisis
A new report from the B.C. Coroners Service dives into much more detail about drug…
Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season
The great purge is upon us once again, the annual influenza season that sickens and…
Residential treatment in the Interior has actually declined through the overdose crisis
“WE HAVE KIDS DYING. KIDS WE KNOW, THAT WE'VE HELD HERE, AND THEY'RE DYING BECAUSE…
Why simple connections could make a big difference for drug users in the Interior
KAMLOOPS – When overdose patients are brought to emergency rooms across the Interior, they're treated…
New Interior Health Authority research looking to improve healthcare for rural communities
For people living in a rural community, seeking health care services can come with challenges.…
Perpetual parking pinch part of Kelowna General Hospital land deal
KELOWNA – Don’t expect much neighbourhood opposition next week during a public hearing about a…
Smoke forces cancellation of another Okanagan sporting event
KELOWNA – Abnormally high particulate levels caused by forest fire smoke continue to take their…
First signs of West Nile virus this season in B.C. found in Kootenays
It’s August and in southern B.C. that means West Nile season. The provincial Animal Health…
Interior Health Authority picks from within for new CEO
KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority has gone internal for a replacement for outgoing CEO…
Vernon councillor grills Interior Health on claim that 99 per cent of needles are disposed of properly
VERNON – A Vernon city councillor says Interior Health’s claim that it properly disposes of…
VIDEO: Angus the C. difficile sniffing dog visits hospitals in Vernon, Kamloops
VERNON – Man’s best friend was working hard today at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Angus, a…
Rash of assaults on staff prompt changes at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA – A case of multiple assaults by a single patient on a number of…
B.C. Coroner recommends much closer regulation, control of drug treatment centres during opioid crisis
Closer regulation and control of drug and alcohol recovery houses and rehabilitation centres, as well…
Flu epidemic over but other viruses popping up in Interior Health
With influenza season dwindling to a close, you would think the Interior Health Authority would…
Community groups to decide how best to spend up to $100,000 in funding for overdose response in Vernon
VERNON – People with lived experience in the opioid overdose crisis will be among those…
Chief medical health officer faces grim 2017 overdose numbers for Interior Health
After another year of ghastly overdose statistics for the Interior Health Authority in 2017, the…
Overdose action teams to hit the streets in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon
Three Interior cities are amongst the hardest hit in the province by the ongoing opioid…
Overdose warning stemmed from fatal overdoses across Interior: Chief medical health officer
THOMPSON OKANAGAN – After nine fatal overdoses in the Interior Health region, an overdose warning…
Two more overdose deaths as Interior Health repeats drug use warning
Two more overdose deaths have been added to seven reported on Friday by the Interior…
Flu season half over in Interior Health Authority; confirmed cases way up
With half the season left, close to twice the number of cases of influenza have…