News Items tag as: Kelowna doctor shortage

Pharmacies helping to fill health-care gap in Interior Health region
April 28, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Pharmacists in the Interior Health region are diagnosing and prescribing treatment for minor illnesses to lessen the burden on the health-care system and help those without family doctors.
Why doctors are walking out on walk-in clinics in Kelowna
January 18, 2017 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA - With the steady decline of walk-in clinics in the B.C. interior, the big question on everyone’s mind, is why.
Rutland is losing their only walk-in clinic this summer
May 12, 2016 - 1:36 PM

KELOWNA - Rutland’s only walk-in clinic is closing this summer after more than 20 years in the community.
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Federal regulators to step up invasive beetle response in Kamloops
A seasonal pesticide treatment isn't enough for federal regulators as Kamloops looks to curb an invasive beetle new to the city. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expected to come down with additional rules for Kamloops like restri

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Kelowna’s tent city policies ‘make people want to give up’
Members of Kelowna’s unhoused population and local housing advocates are warning that a new city strategy is putting the health and safety of unhoused people at risk. For almost

Pharmacies helping to fill health-care gap in Interior Health region