Vernon Jubilee Hospital
$2-million pharmacy project at Vernon Jubilee Hospital a wrap
VERNON - Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s old emergency department has been transformed. Left empty after the emergency department moved to the Polson Tower in 2011, the space was renovated to house the hospital’s pharmacy. Those renovations, which began in early 2014, are now complete, and the new pharmacy — previously located in the basement — becomes...
NHL players to attend event at Vernon’s Kal Beach this summer
VERNON - Hockey fans have an exciting event to look forward to this summer in Vernon. The city announced today the National Hockey League Players’ Association will be participating in a community event and hospital fundraiser at Kalamalka Beach Friday, July 10. The family-friendly celebration will feature a significant donation of hockey equipment made by...
Vernon Jubilee Hospital unveils new mammography machine
VERNON - North Okanagan residents are benefiting from recent enhancements to Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s imaging department, including a new digital mammography machine. Local individuals and organizations donated to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation’s Take a Picture campaign, which raised more than $500,000 towards the purchase of the new mammography machine, the foundation said in...
Enderby woman’s story highlights WorkSafe B.C. initiative
ENDERBY - It was supposed to be just a regular day out mending a fence on the family farm, but in a fraction of a moment a 21-year-old Enderby woman became entangled in machinery and her life was in the hands of a medical team at Kelowna General Hospital. In a media release this week,...
A place to call home at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
VERNON - Medical students now have a place to call home after the new medical space promised for Vernon Jubilee officially opened this week. University of British Columbia Southern Medical Program students will have access to centralized education areas, two video conferencing rooms designed for learning and training, as well as a clinical skills room....
How co-workers are supporting a Vernon nurse still recovering from accident
TWO NURSES WENT OUT ON A LATE NIGHT COFFEE-RUN FOR CO-WORKERS. ONE RETURNED IN AN AMBULANCE VERNON — The night shift nurses in Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s bustling Unit C—a section of the emergency room—have long taken turns going out on their break and bringing back coffee for the team. In the early morning hours of...
Interior Health appealing $75,000 fine for endangering workers at Vernon hospital
VERNON — Interior Health Authority is fighting a $75,000 fine imposed by WorkSafe B.C. for exposing its workers to toxic substances. The fine was issued Sept. 19, 2014, three years after WorkSafe first inspected the Vernon Jubilee Hospital diagnostic laboratory and deemed its ventilation system inadequate. Workers were exposed to formaldehyde and other toxic substances,...
VJH Light a Bulb campaign; more than they hoped for
VERNON - A public plea and addition of a few extra days was enough to boost the Light a Bulb campaign for the VJH Foundation to not only meet, but surpass its goal of raising $250,000. Director of development Sue Beaudry announced the organization hit $252,168, and that was more than enough to close the...
Vernon’s Light a Bulb campaign needs a boost
VERNON - The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is extending its annual Light a Bulb campaign in the hopes of reaching its $250,000 goal. Despite raising $235,721, the campaign is $14,279 short. Money raised will go toward equipment and furnishings for the Tower of Care’s top two floors. “We hoped to have the campaign wrapped up...
Armstrong singers strike a pose as calendar girls
ARMSTRONG - A group of fearless ladies are baring it all as calendar girls to raise money for a desperately needed piece of hospital equipment. The women are all members of Armstrong’s Tapestry Ladies Choir, made up of around 40 singers in their 30s to their 70s and the fundraiser is aptly called Girls Just...
Teens crash small car into power pole
VERNON - Two teens suffered serious injuries including broken bones when they crashed a compact car into a pole in the area of 48 Avenue and 20 Street late last night. An officer happened upon the single vehicle accident at about 11:45 p.m. The Honda Civic was flipped, lying on the passenger side against the...
First patients could be admitted to new Vernon hospital ward in 2016
VERNON - The new ward at Vernon Jubilee Hospital could be welcoming patients around the beginning of 2016. Construction to complete the top two floors of Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s Polson Tower launched today with a celebration attended by Interior Health, the North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap Regional Hospital District and local dignitaries. The $29.6 million unit...
Vernon hospital construction set to launch this week
VERNON - A multi-million dollar construction project to finish the top two floors of Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s Polson Tower is set to begin Wednesday. There will be a ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday to mark the construction start. Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster will be in attendance. The price tag on the new inpatient unit is...