Tag: Health

The BC Cancer Agency has opened screening mammogram appoints in Williams Lake.

The Cariboo Regional District has issued a Boil Water Notice and a Water Quality Advisory in the Russet Bluff area because of high concentration levels of manganese.

Interior Health announced that a physician has been secured for Friday, January 2 night, at 100 Mile District General Hospital, and the health authority will reopen the Emergency Department at 8 p.m.

Northern Health won the Strengthening Health & Wellness Award in this year's Health Quality BC Awards for its Virtual Clinical Pharmacy Services pilot program at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel. The program saw pharmacy referrals in the hospital go from zero to over 300 during the pilot program's run.

Interior Health as ordered the closure of the pool, hot tubs, and restaurant, including the contenintal breakfast, at the Spruce Hills Resort and Spa in 108 Mile Ranch effective immediately. Interior Health says in a statement the concerns are due to public health risks and contraventions with the BC Public Health Act and Drinking Water Protection Acts.

The Cariboo Regional District issued a Boil Water Notice to all users of the Telqua Drive - 108 Mile Area Water system, effective immediately.

Interior Health is saying the circumstances that led to the back-to-back Emergency Department closures at Cariboo Memorial Hospital were "unexpected" and the health authority is taking steps to make sure closure of an entire weekend does not happen again.

Interior Health has advised Williams Lake and the surrounding area residents that Cariboo Memorial Hospital's emergency room will be closed until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday October 4.