News Items tag as: 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.
Tragic death of a child in Kelowna hospital a symptom a crumbling health care system
December 10, 2022 - 6:00 PM

The recent death of Ayla Loseth in Kelowna General Hospital after being mis-diagnosed in an overcrowded emergency ward has triggered bad memories for a woman who feared losing her husband – twice – due to overcrowding.
Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna
July 26, 2022 - 7:00 AM

New data from the Interior Health Authority shows just how serious the staff shortages are at one of the B.C. Interior's largest regional hospitals.
PARKING PREDICAMENT: Hospital staff in Kelowna, Kamloops not using shuttle service
July 13, 2022 - 7:30 AM

Even though it can take staff five to six years to get a parking pass at Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals, no one seems to mind the walk from distant parking lots.
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News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

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'

Tragic death of a child in Kelowna hospital a symptom a crumbling health care system

Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna

PARKING PREDICAMENT: Hospital staff in Kelowna, Kamloops not using shuttle service

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