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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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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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