News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

Months after closure Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit fully reopens
August 14, 2025 - 10:49 AM

New hires are helping the Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit reopen after it has been closed for months.
Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit partially reopening after weeks
July 10, 2025 - 3:43 PM

Some pediatric services are coming back to Kelowna General Hospital, weeks after the unit closed.
TOXIC CULTURE: Kelowna MLAs meet with Interior Health CEO to express leadership concerns
June 12, 2025 - 4:33 PM

Three Kelowna MLAs met with Interior Health leadership Thursday in an effort to address concerns about a toxic culture from the top down to the pediatric ward at Kelowna General Hospital.
Lemonade stands around B.C. raising funds for Kelowna charity today
June 08, 2024 - 11:00 AM

People around B.C. are setting up lemonade stands today to help out families of patients at Kelowna General Hospital.
$6.1M raised to increase cancer treatment capacity in Kelowna
May 23, 2024 - 11:05 AM

A BC Cancer Foundation effort that began in the fall of 2022 to raise money to build a Systemic Therapy Suite in Kelowna has surpassed the goal ahead of time.
$1M donation to Kelowna General for patients with Parkinson's disease
January 31, 2024 - 8:49 AM

Kelowna General Hospital has received $1 million donation to advance care for those living with Parkinson's disease.
Kelowna cosplayers team up to raise funds and kids' spirits
November 27, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A group in Kelowna has been using cosplay to try to make the world a better place.
Rainbow crosswalk for Kelowna General Hospital
October 18, 2023 - 9:00 AM

Kelowna General Hospital has an all-new colourful crosswalk.
$30M for two MRI machines at Kelowna General Hospital
April 20, 2023 - 8:28 AM

Two new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are coming to Kelowna General Hospital.
Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person 'pulseless and unresponsive'
January 26, 2023 - 2:30 PM

A Kelowna emergency room nurse who left a "pulseless and unresponsive" Indigenous person in the vestibule of the emergency department assuming they were dead has been reprimanded.
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News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

Months after closure Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit fully reopens

Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit partially reopening after weeks

TOXIC CULTURE: Kelowna MLAs meet with Interior Health CEO to express leadership concerns

Lemonade stands around B.C. raising funds for Kelowna charity today

$6.1M raised to increase cancer treatment capacity in Kelowna

$1M donation to Kelowna General for patients with Parkinson's disease

Kelowna cosplayers team up to raise funds and kids' spirits

Rainbow crosswalk for Kelowna General Hospital

$30M for two MRI machines at Kelowna General Hospital

Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person 'pulseless and unresponsive'

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