Health Care Providers

• New health-care services to be built in Kelowna this fall

  Rutland-area residents will have better access to much-needed health care in their own community, officials said in a press conference on Thursday.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2023
  
• Dentists and chiropractors set to be some of first professions to return from COVID-19 lockdown

  An easing of restrictions will only be possible if the province sees no more outbreaks and a big reduction in new, test-positive cases of COVID-19.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2020
  
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• B.C. flu season: Interior Health urges Okanagan residents to get immunized

  Interior Health's immunization clinics will begin Nov. 1 and continue throughout the month.

  Oct 22, 2018
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• Kindersley revitalizes its low-risk obstetrics program

  Only four to six babies are born in Kindersley a year, now the revitalization of an obstetrical program for low-risk deliveries is hoping to change that.

  Health

  Sep 4, 2018
• Saskatoon man arrested after witnessing wife’s suicide

  Cecilia Bernadette Chmura committed suicide after being denied a medically assisted death. Her husband David Dunn was taken into custody and could now face criminal charges.

  Canada

  May 31, 2018
• Health-care providers billing ‘impossible’ hours treating car crash victims

  The upshot is that insurance companies have been passing on overbilling costs to all drivers in the form of higher premiums.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2018
• Saskatoon nurse aims to help families through stillbirth after suffering her own

  Saskatoon nurse Wendi Stumborg is devoting her time to help hospital staff provide more compassionate care when a family experiences a stillbirth, something she has herself experienced.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2017
• New Sask. legislation aims to further protect health information

  Strengthened legislation will make it an offence for health-care workers to access someone’s health records if they don’t need the information.

  Canada

  May 31, 2016
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• Forget credit cards: Data sent to health insurers may be worth more to hackers

  Everyone worries about stolen credit cards or hacked bank accounts, but just visiting the doctor may put you at greater risk for identity fraud.

  Tech

  Feb 10, 2015