News Items tag as: RIH

How Royal Inland Hospital is weathering nursing shortages
November 27, 2022 - 8:04 AM

Vacancy rates for nurses and care aids doesn’t tell the real story about staffing shortages at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
November 09, 2022 - 6:00 PM

While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and promises from Interior Health to make things better, they’ve only gotten worse.
Thousands of upcoming shifts unclaimed at Kamloops hospital
June 10, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Over the next two weeks there are still thousands of shifts that are posted but not claimed at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
RIH patients may be transferred in urgent response to weekend staffing shortages
May 20, 2022 - 12:03 PM

While an urgent call for workers from throughout Interior Health has brought some “encouraging response,” Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is looking for other options to cope with anticipated staffing shortages this coming weekend.
$1.5 million donation for mental health, substance use at Royal Inland Hospital
October 02, 2019 - 10:05 AM

KAMLOOPS - A local property management group has committed $1.5 million to Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower through a multi-year donation.
Lack of staffing postpones 55 surgeries at RIH
January 14, 2015 - 11:58 AM

KAMLOOPS - A total off 55 surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital this month as the hospital deals with a shortage in anesthesiologists.
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News Items tag as: RIH

How Royal Inland Hospital is weathering nursing shortages

Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals

Thousands of upcoming shifts unclaimed at Kamloops hospital

RIH patients may be transferred in urgent response to weekend staffing shortages

$1.5 million donation for mental health, substance use at Royal Inland Hospital

Lack of staffing postpones 55 surgeries at RIH

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