News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

Patient housing and parking around Kelowna General Hospital in front of council
August 09, 2018 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - Parking in the neighbourhood around Kelowna General Hospital looms large for city council next week when they must consider a pair of requests that affect availability in the immediate area.
Rash of assaults on staff prompt changes at Kelowna General Hospital
June 26, 2018 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - A case of multiple assaults by a single patient on a number of different employees at Kelowna General Hospital has led to procedural changes and physical improvements designed to increase staff safety, the Interior Health Authority says.
Fire at Kelowna General Hospital
May 12, 2018 - 4:39 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna Fire Department were called to the Kelowna General Hospital today.
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
October 25, 2017 - 2:45 PM

KELOWNA - Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing the effects of Kelowna’s opioid crisis.
For better or worse, parking changes are coming to Kelowna General Hospital
June 09, 2017 - 11:59 AM

KELOWNA - New payment measures and restrictions coming to streets surrounding Kelowna General Hospital are likely to create more stress and trouble for patients, visitors and staff, say some hospital employee veterans.
Parents of Kelowna teen who took her own life speak out about mental health
April 27, 2017 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - Georgia McAlpine took her life just before her 19th birthday. In her suicide note she told her parents to open up the conversation on mental health, and that’s exactly what they’re doing.
Kelowna General dealing with spread of hysteria over flu outbreak
January 19, 2017 - 4:36 PM

KELOWNA – There is no quarantine at Kelowna General and reports of an “outbreak” are misleading, according to Interior Health.
Outbreaks of flu, other illness blamed for overcrowding at Kelowna General
January 09, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - As the holiday season comes to an end, congestion at Kelowna General Hospital is starting to decrease.
Kelowna Mounties injured in ER fracas
February 12, 2016 - 10:45 AM

KELOWNA – Two of the RCMP officers who were called to the emergency room at Kelowna General Hospital to subdue a patient this week wound up with minor injuries.
'Sno-show' employees plague hospital during storm
January 07, 2015 - 8:40 AM

KELOWNA — While many local businesses and institutions shut down in the face of Sunday’s extreme weather, the hospital had no such luxury.
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