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COLLINS – New hospital tower won’t be the ‘saviour’ for health care

May 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

IN TWO MONTHS, give or take, the new $417 million patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital will open its doors. It will have some nice new bells and whistles. The tower is [Continue]

PETERS – The staffing situation at RIH is grim, but the goose is far from cooked

May 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE STORY OF THE MOTHER GOOSE laying her eggs outside the Royal Inland Hospital maternity ward must have been a welcome respite from all the doom and gloom for staff at the [Continue]

LETTER – Level of care at Royal Inland Hospital is unacceptable

March 20, 2022 // 8 Comments

To the patients of the Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap, The Department of Surgery at RIH has been advocating, on your behalf, for many years to improve local access to surgical [Continue]

LETTER – Parking for Royal Inland Hospital staff still hasn’t been resolved

March 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

I saw your clip regarding the reinstatement of paid parking at RIH and that it forces “visitors and patients to pay for parking at hospitals creates another toll on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here we go again – paid parking at hospitals makes a return

January 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GET READY TO START struggling with pay parking machines at Royal Inland Hospital again. Free parking at all B.C. hospitals will end on March [Continue]

PETERS – To the staff at Royal Inland Hospital: Thank you

December 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

LIFE CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. That instant comes for all of us — it just doesn’t have the common courtesy to warn us ahead of time. For me, that instant came on a [Continue]

STONE – After a tough year in 2021, let’s approach 2022 with optimism

December 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson and PETER MILOBAR MLA. Kamloops-North Thompson AS THE BC LIBERAL MLAs for Kamloops and the Thompson Valleys, we thank you for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should the unvaccinated be ineligible to take up hospital beds?

November 16, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN FACTS AREN’T AVAILABLE, we’re pretty good at filling in the blanks ourselves. Thus it is with the multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 at [Continue]

STONE – Horgan needs to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ about cancer clinic

July 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson “IF THAT WAS MISUNDERSTOOD by the people of Kamloops, I will… make that retraction.” That’s what Premier John Horgan [Continue]

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]