Tag Archives: Health
Warmer temperatures signal the start of tick season
KAMLOOPS - With temperatures forecast to be in the high-teens this week in Kamloops, those taking to the many beautiful trails are advised to check for ticks after their walks and hikes."It's certainl...
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Surgical wait times improving across the board at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - In recent years, a person who was on the list for a surgical procedure at Royal Inland Hospital had a lengthy wait ahead of them - partly due to factors like pandemic service interruptions ...
Aaron Schulze Mar 12, 2024
Interior Health encouraging parents to get children caught up with routine immunizations
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority (IH) is responding to concerning new data showing immunization rates for young children have dropped. As of the end of 2023, IH says 56.3 per cent of seven-yea...
Aaron Schulze Feb 16, 2024
Early pregnancy clinic in Kamloops anxiously awaiting answer to full-time funding request
KAMLOOPS - There's approximately a month-and-a-half left of grant funding to keep its doors open, but the people behind the First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage Clinic are feeling nervous about the impe...
Aaron Schulze Feb 15, 2024
Another maternity care crunch leads some Kamloops patients to short-term workarounds
KAMLOOPS - Maternity care across the country has been under strain in recent months, and in Kamloops, some patients have been wait-listed while trying to access the next stage of prenatal care as the ...
Aaron Schulze Feb 01, 2024
BC Cancer launches free at-home cervical cancer screening
KAMLOOPS - BC Cancer has launched a new way to screen for cervical cancer. Now, female residents between the ages of 25 and 69 years old can request a free at-home cervix self-screening kit. According...
Jan 29, 2024
As unregulated drug death crisis grows, users urged to take advantage of Kamloops drug checking options
KAMLOOPS - Drug toxicity reared its fatal results this week, with the BC Coroner's Service showing another record year for unregulated drug deaths. The latest report shows 80 deaths in Kamloops due to...
Aaron Schulze Jan 25, 2024
Royal Inland Hospital had improved staffing in 2023 - but shortages still linger
KAMLOOPS - Healthcare staffing shortages are a province-wide reality, and in Kamloops, Interior Health says the staffing strain at Royal Inland Hospital is better today than it was a year ago - but th...
Aaron Schulze Jan 09, 2024
New imaging equipment at Northills Clinic taking pressure off hospital scan demands
KAMLOOPS - Brand new X-ray imaging equipment and a bone density scanner were recently added to the renovated Northills Centre Medical Imaging Clinic in Kamloops, and it's already made a difference in ...
Aaron Schulze Dec 14, 2023
First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage clinic facing funding uncertainty when grant money runs out
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based prenatal clinic that recently opened in September is hoping to keep its doors open, but its future is uncertain. Joanna Norman is the head of midwifery at Royal Inland Hosp...
Aaron Schulze Dec 12, 2023
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