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Interior Health is pleased to announce that the new Cranbrook Urgent and Primary Care Centre has hired more health-care professionals and extended its hours of operation.

Patients with infections requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment can now receive care at a new outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) clinic at Kelowna General Hospital. The clinic, which opened in February, is located on the second floor of the Dr. Walter Anderson Building at KGH and is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Interior Health’s next virtual career fair will be held March 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST. This fair will be aimed at all positions in Interior Health. Those interested in attending can book an online one-on-one session and meet their recruiter to learn about opportunities for Aboriginal careers, environmental public health, health care assistants, laboratory, mental health, nursing, and more.

A new parking payment system will take effect at East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH) and Rocky Mountain Lodge on March 4, 2022.

As COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to increase, Interior Health plans to streamline its immunization campaign with new clinic locations. Over the coming weeks, the COVID-19 vaccine appointments will move from mass immunization clinics to pharmacies and IH health centres. 

Interior Health is taking a phased approach to resume services that were temporarily paused last month due to COVID-19. The service adjustments, announced Jan. 18, were implemented to preserve safe and reliable access to patient care across the Interior region. 

Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) is celebrating the newest cohort of nursing graduates successfully recruited to work at RIH.

Summerland residents are advised the Summerland Health Centre Outpatient Laboratory, located at 12815 Atkinson Road, will be reopening this week. Beginning Feb. 3, 2022, the laboratory will be open two-days per week, on Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for walk-in service only. Laboratory service at the Health Centre is prioritized for vulnerable patients, people who are unable to travel, or for urgent collections at this time. Walk-in service and appointments are also available at nearby locations in Penticton and Peachland.

In partnership with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, the Secwépemc Health Caucus, the Two Rivers Métis Society and the RIH Foundation, Interior Health is pleased to announce Indigenous artist Chris Bose as the lead artist to design the ‘cultural wall’ in the new Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital.