Health

Assault on nurse at Hillside Centre renews calls for action on safety, meeting with Lake

April 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ HEALTHCARE — Another nurse was assaulted by a patient at Hillside Centre on Wednesday night, prompting a meeting at the facility Friday between Health Minister Terry [Continue]

Kamloops’ doctor shortage has just gone up by one more GP as popular physician suddenly announces he’ll close practice

April 9, 2015 // 6 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER The same day Health Minister Terry Lake announced new incentives for doctors to practice in rural B.C., hundreds of patients in a not-so-rural B.C. centre [Continue]

Hospital district approves no-tax-increase budget

March 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ REGION — The Thompson Regional Hospital district has approved its 2015 annual budget, and approved cost-sharing with the Interior Health Authority for various major [Continue]

Free screening of Play Again film

January 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

COMMUNITY — The award-winning documentary Play Again will screen for free at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.. At a time when children spend more time [Continue]

Traffic around RIH construction site congested next week.

January 16, 2015 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ RIH — Traffic will get congested in the area of the Royal Inland Hospital construction site starting next week. Interior Health advised today there will be [Continue]

Tests on health-care worker come back negative for Ebola

December 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ HEALTH — The health-care worker who returned from Sierra Leone and has been at Kelowna General Hospital undergoing testing for Ebola virus disease (EVD) has had a [Continue]