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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Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

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