Housing for healthcare professionals in Oliver has made an incremental but important step forward following meetings between the Oliver delegation and the Ministry of Health during the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver.
The number of long-term care beds in the South Okanagan will get a boost with the announcement of a new long-term care (LTC) residence with 200 beds.
BC Premier David Eby on Wednesday (May 29) announced the pending expansion of the South Okanagan and Similkameen Primary Care Network as a concrete investment in healthcare for the South Okanagan but gave no timeframe.
The respiratory virus season is upon us and provincial health authorities are urging British Columbians to do “what we know works” including getting vaccinated, staying home when feeling unwell, washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks where appropriate. “The respiratory season is unfolding as we expected it would, but we are in a very different place than we were a year ago,” noted Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.
Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) is getting a $22 million expansion to its oncology clinic ahead of an expected increase in cancer incidence over the next 20 years.
The B.C. government appears to have made some headway in their attempts to draw new family doctors to the province with financial incentives, according to a statement released earlier this month.
Following the approval last month of the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech version has now been approved by Health Canada.
Some influential thumbs up were given to key resolutions last week to battle the health care crisis in B.C. Delegates at the Union of BC Municipalities convention voted on a number of resolutions.
B.C. will soon be rolling out an Omicron-focused COVID-19 booster shot approved today by Health Canada for all residents 18 years and older.
Public health officials said on July 8 that most adults under 70 won’t be eligible for a fourth shot until the fall. That’s when a new vaccine offering greater protection against the Omicron COVID variants is expected to be approved and available in B.C.
The province is dropping a wide range of pandemic restrictions with mask requirements to end as early as tomorrow (March 11), on the back of high vaccination rates and lower transmission.
B.C.’s health minister said the province will not go down the same path as Quebec on vaccinations due to the “exceptional success” of vaccination campaigns here.
Rapidly growing Omicron Covid-19 cases across the country have led provincial authorities to bring in new measures to help limit the spread and protect hospitals from being overwhelmed.
With Canada’s first two known cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern (VOC) identified in Ottawa, B.C.’s health authorities say there is no evidence this new variant has been introduced into the province.
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The Interior Health region will be the hardest hit in the province due to high levels of unvaccinated healthcare workers, warns B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix as he pledged full support for the region.
Paid sick leave has emerged as one of the key recommendations from the B.C. Seniors Advocate report into COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes, alongside hiring more registered nurses and decreasing the number of contract staff.
The BC Vaccine Card kicked off yesterday with a short online registration process generating a QR code and an image showing either ‘vaccinated’ or ‘partially vaccinated’ depending on whether a person has had one or two vaccinations.
COVID-19 restrictions including mandatory masks indoors and limits on indoor and outdoor gathering have returned to the Southern Interior.
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all workers in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities announced last week by B.C. health authorities will cover one of two elder care facilities in Osoyoos.
The province has announced COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for workers in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities with an Oct.12 deadline for a double dose.
B.C. officials announced 90 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Friday. The new cases bring...
The COVID-19 outbreak at Krazy Cherry Fruit Co. in Oliver is over, announced Interior Health on...