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Interior Health Authority
How you can protect yourself against potentially dangerous eyebrow tattoos
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A growing cosmetic trend that carries serious risks is being offered by people…
Interior Health has plan for safe drug consumption sites in Kelowna, Kamloops
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – In an effort to deal with the illicit drug overdose crisis in the…
Interior Health alarmed by sudden increase in Penticton overdoses
PENTICTON – A recent spike in overdoses in Penticton is alarming, but the city still…
High demand for flu shots leaves some Interior locations short
KAMLOOPS – You'll want to call ahead if you're heading out to a local pharmacy…
Caution advised when getting cosmetic tattoos: Interior Health
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The trend toward new cosmetic procedures like microblading has prompted a safety warning…
Latest overdose stats show fentanyl continues to kill in the B.C. Interior
TWO OVERDOSE DEATHS A DAY ACROSS THE PROVINCE THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Drug overdoses continue to claim…
The simple but beautiful reason you may hear chimes in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you heard the soft sound of chimes during your last hospital visit…
Coroner’s report on Kamloops care home death calls for changes
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroners Service has made two recommendations following the death of a…
Why all those discarded needles are signs of progress for HIV, Hep C in Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Nearly 400 new Hepatitis C cases and as many as 15 HIV cases…
Interior Health Authority wants your thoughts on a safe consumption site in Kamloops and Kelowna
KAMLOOPS – The Interior Health Authority wants the public’s thoughts on supervised consumption. A website…
New Interior Health Authority board chair named
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops lawyer and Thompson Rivers University faculty member will be taking over…
Free flu shots available for at-risk groups in Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Flu season is back, and the Interior Health Authority is reminding all at-risk…
Fentanyl suspected in five overdose cases in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Interior Health says five people overdosed on street drugs that may have been…
Some slight hope in overdose epidemic as monthly death numbers drop in Interior Health
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – You know it's bleak when the best you can say about the the…
Interior Health providing more beds for mental health and substance abuse patients
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – By the end of this year, more support beds will be available for…
Overdose deaths continue steady rise with 14 more in the Interior Health Authority over the summer
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Opioid overdose deaths continue to rise relentlessly in the Interior Health Authority with…
Five overdoses in 48 hours in Vernon; health officials say there is no clear link
VERNON – Health officials say there was a jump in the usual number of overdoses…
Interior Health Authority building nears completion in downtown Kelowna
FIVE-STOREY BUILDING WILL HOLD 800 IHA EMPLOYEES KELOWNA – Trades people are making the final…
What Interior Health is doing differently after two fatal care home assaults
VERNON – If the care home attacks that left a Vernon and Kamloops senior dead…
No evidence of increased rabies incidents in B.C., but caution urged around bats
KAMLOOPS – While people should be always remain cautious around bats, there doesn’t appear to…
Top executives at Interior Health Authority collected $2 million in combined salary
KAMLOOPS – The retiring CEO of Interior Health topped the list of the authority’s highest…
Death race continues as overdoses climb again within Interior Health
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Kelowna has caught up to Kamloops in a grim measure, that of overdose…
Laundry worker barely survived crush incident at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA – Frantic efforts by coworkers to free a trapped laundry worker and then his…
Naloxone program expands across Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More than 70 new sites in the Southern Interior are now able to…