PENTICTON HOSPITAL

• New transport protocols improving outcomes for Okanagan stroke patients

  "I went up close and said, 'Something is odd here, please say something -- answer me,' and she wouldn't," said Linekin's husband, Phillip Mansfield.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2023
  
• Patient death at hospital psychiatric unit in Penticton, B.C. under investigation

  The regional health authority says a patient in the hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit died on Monday evening, at approximately 8:45 p.m.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2022
  
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• Final phase of emergency department renovation at Penticton, B.C. hospital completed

  Work on the new emergency department took place in several phases while the department remained open to patients.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2021
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• ‘Complex’ renovation sees Penticton emergency department nearly triple in size

  “It’s a big increase in the amount of space we will have and that affects all spaces of the ED,” said Anne Morgenstern, the hospital's clinical operations manager. 

  Health

  Apr 26, 2021
• Visits to B.C. Interior Health hospitals, care facilities restricted by COVID-19 concerns

  Only essential visits to hospitals and care facilities will be allowed, according to a notice IHA sent to media.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2020
• ‘It’s a big burden’: Woman forced to travel hours for dialysis calls on province to open unit in southeast B.C.

  Lyla, who is partially blind and relies on her husband John to get to appointments, is forced to travel to Kamloops, Kelowna, Cranbrook and Penticton for treatment.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2019
• $50k donation to enhance pediatrics play area at PRH

  $50k donation for play area at the new hospital tower.

  Feb 14, 2018
• $1 million estate donation to Penticton hospital expansion

  $1 million estate donation boosts fundraising efforts for the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion project.

  Jan 11, 2018
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• Okanagan Falls school locked down while police deal with distraught woman

  There was an indication a gun might be involved so the nearby Okanagan Falls Elementary school was locked down.

  Dec 15, 2017
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• Penticton business owner ponies up $3 million for MRI machine

  "My intention is to have Penticton Regional Hospital become a state of the art facility in the Interior," says Dave Kampe.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2016