Years of work promoting the idea, getting buy-in from the relevant parties, official approvals, fundraising and ultimately physical construction will culminate on Friday, April 24 with the official ribbon cutting ceremony opening the Eastside Avenue Housing for Healthcare Workers in Oliver.
With Interior Health issuing no less than five notifications of temporary closure of the emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH) in barely one week, local residents may well be wondering what happened to the much touted funding commitment to help stabilize the physician shortage at the hospital.
A new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Interior Health and the seven Interior regional hospital districts will help usher in a new era of mutual respect according to Martin Johansen, Chair of the Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District.
Elections were held at the inaugural Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Board of Directors meeting at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Nov. 2.
The $22 million expanded oncology clinic at the Penticton Regional Hospital will not only alleviate the current capacity crunch but will help cope with the projected 30 per cent rise in cancer rates in the Interior over the next 20 years.
