News Items tag as: Royal Inland Hospital

Kamloops politicians not giving up fight for specialized scanner for cancer patients
July 23, 2025 - 5:30 PM

If the province won't budge on its refusal to add a specialized scanner to the long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre, local politicians want it somewhere else in the city.
No more 'foot dragging': Another push for cardiac care in Kamloops
September 19, 2024 - 3:00 PM

The lack of cardiac care capabilities at Royal Inland Hospital is costing lives and urgent action is needed, according to the ICCHA Wish Fund.
Province covers $40M overrun on Kamloops hospital renovations
June 20, 2024 - 12:30 PM

The provincial government is covering a massive overrun in construction costs at Royal Inland Hospital after local officials shut the door on helping with the bill.
‘Outrageous and unacceptable’: Petition demands life-saving cardiac care in Kamloops
June 12, 2024 - 11:15 AM

The lack of an acute Cardiac Care Diagnostic Lab at Royal Inland Hospital is costing lives, according to the ICCHA Wish Fund.
Hospital board lays into Interior Health over cost overruns at Royal Inland Hospital
March 21, 2024 - 5:11 PM

Directors at the Thompson Regional Hospital District were not pleased with a surprise cost overrun at Royal Inland Hospital, probing Interior Health officials on how it happened.
Kamloops steps up to help Australian couple after son's life-changing accident
February 12, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A tragic accident has landed an Australian couple in Kamloops for an unknown period of time and the community is stepping up to help them.
Prenatal clinic opens at Kamloops hospital
June 06, 2023 - 2:30 PM

The Interior Health Authority just opened a midwifery clinic at Royal Inland Hospital.
Suspect charged in assault on health-care worker at Kamloops ER
February 15, 2023 - 7:00 AM

A man is facing three criminal charges after a health-care worker was assaulted in Royal Inland Hospital's emergency department last week.
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.
Former Kamloops eye surgeon suing Interior Health after surgeries moved to Kelowna
July 22, 2022 - 12:06 PM

A Kelowna ophthalmologist is suing Interior Health after it transferred its eye surgery from Kamloops to Kelowna and then refused to rehire him.
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