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By James Peters

Hospital Accessibility

RBC Foundation grant helps open up Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt to greater accessibility

Oct 13, 2025 | 10:00 AM

MERRITT, B.C. — A grant from the RBC Foundation will help improve accessibility at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt.

The organization is teaming up with the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation to renovate patient ensuite bathrooms in the hospital.

The $720,000 donation from the RBC Foundation Community Spaces Grant program will allow doorways to be widened into eight bathrooms, allowing for wheelchair accessibility.

“These upgrades will give patients better privacy, more dignity and an improved safe space to heal, while creating a more favourable environment for the staff who care for them,” said RIH Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman.

The funding will come in addition to moneys from Interior Health and the Thompson Regional Hospital District.

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“We are truly grateful to both the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation and the RBC Foundation for their generous support and funding partnership,” said Karen Cooper of Interior Health. “Their contribution will help enhance patient comfort and safety at Nicola Valley Hospital.”