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Jan Brandt stopped counting at 300. That was the number of births she had participated in at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during the first few years of her nursing career. The actual number is much higher. With some 1,200 babies a year born in Kamloops, Jan’s number is in the thousands over more than…
Michelle Hewitt has had a lot of experience receiving health care. She is also a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, a former school principal and an academic. Her unique perspective and history are a few of the reasons she has been asked to contribute her thoughts on Interior Health programs and services. Michelle is…
We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories. Name: Rikki Barden Worksite: Supervised Consumption Site, Kamloops Years of Service: 3.5 Job Title: Social Worker "You don't know what you don't know, is a quote I find myself saying a lot. I have no…
Dr. Sean Wachtel admits he was surprised – and unpleasantly so – at what he found when he arrived in Canada to begin practicing medicine a decade ago. After coming from the United Kingdom, he began working in the emergency room at Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital. The last thing he expected was to be confronted…
We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories. Name: Kara Hannigan Worksite: Kiro Wellness Centre Years of Service: 12.5 Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late, or in my case, too early to be whoever you…
When Penticton resident Betty Lou Thomas woke up in her local hospital’s intensive care unit, she had no memory of what had happened. The last thing she remembered was sitting in a waiting room at her gym on a fall November day. She had suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed without warning. Twenty-four hours later,…
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