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ROTHENBURGER: Nothing like a night in ER to make us appreciate health care

February 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

IF YOU HAPPENED to spend the night on a gurney in the Emergency Department hallway recently, you would have gotten a pretty good idea of the challenges faced by our [Continue]

LETTER – Let’s support our healthcare workers in every way we can

February 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Regarding the recent Covid-19 outbreak at RIH, there are some things the public should consider. Not everyone is the spouse of a healthcare worker (their main squeeze) or [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Let’s not point fingers at those on the front lines

January 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

LET’S TAKE INVENTORY on COVID-19 in Kamloops. The picture isn’t pretty. The big topic of pandemic conversation right now is Royal Inland Hospital, where upwards of 60 [Continue]

LETTER – RIH staff worry about reprimands if they speak up

December 3, 2020 // 2 Comments

Hello Mr. Rothenburger, from the lower staff at RIH I wish to thank you for taking up issue with Interior health and its lack of parking. Management is still trying to [Continue]

LETTERS – More feedback on staff parking issue at Royal Inland

December 2, 2020 // 2 Comments

I sent a letter of concern to RIH/IHA last week and the response is below. To Patient Care Quality Office, Interior Health I am very concerned about the safety and care of [Continue]

LETTER – Getting a pass for staff parkade at Royal Inland isn’t easy

December 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

Good day Mr. Rothenburger, I don’t write in to the newspaper, but I wanted to share support for the nurse who got a ticket for parking in the Parkade at RIH recently. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Concerns of health care staff shouldn’t have to be anonymous

November 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ISSUE OF STAFF PARKING at Royal Inland Hospital has brought a lot of response both from the public and from those who work there. [Continue]

LETTER – Nurses aren’t the only ones with parking problems at Royal Inland

November 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

Re: ROTHENBURGER: Interior Health obfuscates on parking issue It’s not just nurses. I think this is why IH is avoiding you. There are hundreds of other employees who [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Interior Health ducks, weaves, obfuscates on parking

November 28, 2020 // 3 Comments

INTERIOR HEALTH HAS A PROBLEM it doesn’t want to talk about — a shortage of proper parking for Royal Inland Hospital staff. This might not seem like a big deal unless [Continue]

LETTER – Hospital staff needs community’s help on parking issue

November 27, 2020 // 8 Comments

I AM WRITING TO SHED LIGHT on the current staff parking situation at Royal Inland Hospital. I would like to start with a letter I wrote out of frustration at an already [Continue]

LETTER – What’s the answer to parking for RIH health care workers?

November 23, 2020 // 31 Comments

Today I pulled up to work and saw the big “thank you health care heros” sign on the front lawn of RIH. Today I was running behind schedule and it was snowing so I parked [Continue]

PETERS – Picture painted of Patient Care Tower outbreak is far from complete

November 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

SOMETHING STINKS to high heaven about the information coming out — and not coming out — concerning the COVID-19 outbreak at the Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Message to cheaters: leave hospital parking for those who need it

April 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE that the free parking now in effect at B.C. hospitals would be abused. It went into effect last Wednesday as a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – And another thing about parking at RIH – it should be free

January 30, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK since we talked about lack of parking at Royal Inland Hospital so — now that the Clinical Services Building [Continue]