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Interior Health
Interior Health gets stiff fine, closes Princeton facility
PRINCETON – The Interior Health Authority has been fined more than $600,000 by WorkSafe B.C.…
Here’s why Interior Health has concerns about needle buyback programs
KAMLOOPS – At least two communities in the Southern Interior have created a grassroots needle…
These tiny strips could save hundreds of lives
Social service agencies in six Interior cities will be offering drug-testing strips for users. It's…
Public warned of possible presence of powerful opioid carfentanil in Vernon
VERNON – Drug users are being warned about the possible presence of the potent opioid…
Fatal overdose numbers in the Interior on par with last year: Interior Health
As the overdose crisis enters its third year in B.C., people are continuing to die…
Overdose alert for Kamloops after six deaths in 10 days
KAMLOOPS – Six people have died from suspected overdoses in 10 days in Kamloops. Interior…
Interior Health is trying to figure out what Kamloops is doing right in the opioid crisis
KAMLOOPS – In the past two years, outreach and addictions services have increased across the…
Interior hospitals had hundreds of overdose patients in 2017
As more people across the province succumb to the ongoing opioid crisis, the number of…
Odour from ‘clean’ laundry shut down operating room at Kamloops hospital
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health says an odour coming from a batch of cleaned laundry was…
Hospital workers say laundry shortages plague Interior hospitals since privatization
Some employees at two Interior hospitals say staff are consistently short of gowns and linens…
How to avoid spreading illness during the holiday season
KELOWNA – Interior Health is asking people to make an effort to avoid spreading communicable…
Another case of meningococcal disease confirmed within Interior Health region
OKANAGAN – The Interior Health Authority has confirmed another case of meningococcal disease. This is…
Meningococcal disease immunizations expanded in South Okanagan
OLIVER – The discovery of a third case of meningococcal disease in the South Okanagan…
Two of the most severe flu strains expected in the Interior this year
Interior Health says they are expecting two of the more serious types of flu in…
How to avoid hiring an unqualified care aide for a senior
PENTICTON – If you are planning to hire a care aide for an aging member…
Employee information breach at Interior Health under investigation
There has been a breach involving the personal information of about 500 current and former…
New Interior Health chair, board members appointed under new government
With regime change in the B.C. Legislature comes a purge at boards and offices across…
Kelowna’s mobile overdose prevention unit gets high tech gift
KELOWNA – The people using the mobile overdose prevention in unit will be able to…
How air quality affects wildfire evacuees returning home
VICTORIA – A result of the wildfires in British Columbia is tens of thousands of…
Interior Health warns of West Nile virus risk
Now that summer is in full swing, Interior health officials are warning people about the…
Supervised drug consumption approved for Kamloops and Kelowna
Kamloops and Kelowna are taking another step forward in the fight against the opioid overdose…
Interior Health facilities filling up with wildfire evacuated patients
KAMLOOPS – Royal Inland Hospital was already at capacity before wildfire season started, but with…
Naloxone kits could be coming to secondary schools in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Should potentially life-saving, overdose-reversing drugs be kept on hand in Central Okanagan secondary…
Relying on water advisories alone won’t keep people safe: Interior Health report
A report from the Interior Health Authority warns public drinking water advisories are not a…