Minor restoration of ultrasound services
Posted on 25. Apr, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Health, Nelson
Interior Health has brought back some of the ultrasound services it cut from hospitals in Nelson and Castlegar, reports Chris Shepherd at the Nelson Post. The service restoration is only temporary and ultrasound in Castlegar and heart ultrasound in Nelson could disappear in September. The health authority is looking to hire contractors to restore services, [...]
Current B.C. docs qualified to do CT scan analysis
Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Health
After it was discovered several B.C. radiologists were analyzing CT scans while unqualified to do so, a provincial report into the matter has found all current radiologists are properly qualified, reports a Cranbrook Daily Townsman story. Three doctors in the province had analyzed the scans at various B.C. hospitals, including the East Kootenay Regional Hospital [...]
Ambulance delay worries Castlegar family
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Castlegar, Health
A four-and-half-hour wait for an ambulance has a Castlegar family wondering if brain damage suffered by the mother was caused by the illness or the wait, reports Kyra Hoggan at the Castlegar Current. Fiona Drayton, 59, waited over four hours to be transferred to Kootenay Boundary Hospital in Trail. Drayton’s doctor suspected a stroke but [...]
UBC, Interior Health bring med students to Trail
Posted on 22. Feb, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Health, Trail
PRESS RELEASE from Interior Health A new partnership between the UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program (SMP) and Interior Health will bring health professional training to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH). Starting in September 2011, the Greater Trail community will host one of SMP’s Integrated Community Clerkship (ICC) pilot programs. The ICC provides Year [...]
Unqualified doctor analyzed CT scans
Posted on 15. Feb, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Cranbrook, Health
A province-wide story about unqualified doctors analyzing CT scans in B.C. has touched the Kootenays with revelations one practiced in Cranbrook according to a report in the CBC. So far, three physicians have been identified as unqualified to read CT scans, yet they did so in several B.C. hospitals including Cranbrook’s. Colin Hansen, Minister of [...]
One-year reprieve for ultrasound
Posted on 17. Dec, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Castlegar, Health
One year. That’s all Interior Health will commit to keeping the ultrasound in Castlegar but the health authority says there’s no guarantee there’ll be the staff to operate the machine. Thalia Vesterback, health services director of diagnostic imaging operations for Interior Health, told the Castlegar News the ultrasound will stay in Castlegar for 2011 but [...]
‘Keep ultrasound in Castlegar’
Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Castlegar, Health
The West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District Board voted unanimously to oppose Interior Health’s plans to remove Castlegar’s only ultrasound. The director’s motion, passed at a Wednesday, Nov. 17 meeting, was a request that the health authority increase or maintain ultrasound service at the Castlegar and District Community Health Centre. The vote was in response to [...]
Staff at Nelson seniors facility lose contract
Posted on 10. Nov, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Health, Nelson
A change to the way Interior Health funds its seniors care facilities has meant the end of a contract with the company that provides staff for Nelson’s Mountain Lake Seniors Community. Mountain Lake is a P3 facility, meaning the health authority pays a third party, Park Place in this instance, to run the place. Park [...]
Youth’s perspective on the Downtown Eastside
Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Health
Last month 17 students from Mount Sentinel Secondary School in South Slocan travelled to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to learn what makes a community sustainable. The neighbourhood has a rough reputation and one might not expect to learn much about community there, but but one student’s account of the trip shows a vibrant place where people [...]
Women’s shelter opens, needs volunteers
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Cranbrook, Health
Cranbrook’s Salvation Army has secured funding for an emergency women’s shelter this winter but they need volunteers to run the new service. The Cranbrook Salvation Army has funding from BC Housing to operate the shelter every night regardless of the temperature. In the past, shelters were only open when the thermometer drops below a certain [...]
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