News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

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.
Kamloops mother, baby sent to Kelowna after closure of pediatric ward at Royal Inland Hospital
May 16, 2022 - 3:30 PM

A Kamloops mother and her three-week-old baby were transported to Kelowna General Hospital from Royal Inland Hospital Saturday night because no nurses were available to look after her son.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital
May 16, 2022 - 1:58 PM

Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital.
Kelowna eatery offers free burger, beer to hospital staff for 'real-life sacrifices'
January 20, 2022 - 3:30 PM
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Kelowna health-care workers are being thanked for their efforts amid the pandemic with a free meal.
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
November 16, 2021 - 3:02 PM

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six operating rooms.
COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
November 09, 2021 - 3:30 PM

The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the continuing spread of COVID-19.
Okanagan family gets support from strangers after limb amputation
October 27, 2021 - 9:00 PM

Positive thinking, faith and an outpouring of support from friends and strangers are what is keeping a family in the Okanagan moving forward in the wake of a horrible accident.
Fatigued doctors at Kelowna hospital vote unanimously to promote COVID-19 immunization
October 02, 2021 - 10:25 AM

Doctors working in Kelowna General Hospital are used to working long hours but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t love some help from the community to ease their workload.
No immediate help coming from health minister to relieve COVID pressure at Kamloops, Kelowna hospitals
September 09, 2021 - 2:47 PM

Health Minister Adrian Dix is doing nothing new to ease the extreme pressure on health-care staff after a 70-year-old woman reportedly died after waiting more than six hours in the emergency room at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
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Farm-to-gate cannabis sales approved in B.C.
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This lottery's grand prize is a $1.75-million home in Lake Country
A dream home in Lake Country will soon belong to a lucky lottery ticket holder. The 2022 Lake Life Lottery Dream Home has been organized to benefit the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and the YMCA of Southern Interior B.C. The gra

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News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna

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

Kamloops mother, baby sent to Kelowna after closure of pediatric ward at Royal Inland Hospital

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital

Kelowna eatery offers free burger, beer to hospital staff for 'real-life sacrifices'

COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops

COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials

Okanagan family gets support from strangers after limb amputation

Fatigued doctors at Kelowna hospital vote unanimously to promote COVID-19 immunization

No immediate help coming from health minister to relieve COVID pressure at Kamloops, Kelowna hospitals

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