B.C. to build new #CancerCentre in #Kamloops | Vancouver Sun https://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/bc-new-cancer-centre-kamloops “The new centre at the #RoyalInlandHospital will include radiation therapy, meaning patients will no longer have to travel the roughly two-hour trip south to Kelowna for that treatment, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday.”

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloops/422164/Two-COVID-outbreaks-impacting-Kamloops-Royal-Inland-Hospital

Well there’s a surprise!!

“#COVID19 outbreaks are reported in two wings of #RoyalInlandHospital in Kamloops.
#InteriorHealth reports outbreaks on Unit GT 7, in the new tower, and Unit 5 South.
They were declared on April 15 and April 16, respectively, and involve 10 and 11 cases each.
Next door to the hospital, a COVID-19 outbreak at the #PonderosaLodge long-term care home is affecting 15 patients.”

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloops/421575/Hundreds-attend-Merritt-rally-to-protest-repeated-ER-closures

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/hundreds-attend-rally-to-protest-repeated-er-closures-in-merritt-bc-6861773 “When the #ER is closed, residents must go to #RoyalInlandHospital in #Kamloops to receive care — about an hour's drive away.

“Particularly since there’s the Coquihalla Highway where a lot of accidents happen," he said. "To save lives, you take them to the shortest place there is, and that’s #Merritt. And of course, the local citizens need it here." #RuralHealth