MLA Tegart frustrated with constant ER closures in Merritt
The Fraser-Nicola representative recently wrote a strongly-worded letter to Minister Dix.
by Laísa Condé | Dec 28, 2023
The Fraser-Nicola representative recently wrote a strongly-worded letter to Minister Dix.
by Merritt Herald | Nov 8, 2023
Editor, On Friday, Oct. 20 at 4p.m., my wife was having breathing problems and chest pains, so I...
by Jake Courtepatte | Oct 20, 2023
Goetz said that he is hoping to hear more details about the funding in a meeting with Interior Health Authority staff in the next few days.
by Jake Courtepatte | Oct 20, 2023
The closure from 8a.m. on Friday, Oct. 20 to 8a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 is the 19th of the year for the Merritt hospital.
by Jake Courtepatte | Oct 18, 2023
The Nicola Valley Hospital ER, which has seen 18 temporary closures this year, will receive some much-needed funding to combat staff shortages.
by Laísa Condé | Oct 4, 2023
The Nicola Valley Hospital’s ER department has been temporarily shut down 13 times this calendar year due to staff shortages.
by Laísa Condé | Sep 28, 2023
Emergency departments that have been closing due to staff shortages across the province could soon...
by Jake Courtepatte | Sep 25, 2023
The emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital will be closed overnight.
by Merritt Herald | May 11, 2023
One of the women practising nursing in Merritt was Olla Standish, the first head matron of the Nicola Valley General Hospital.
by KTWDigital | Oct 24, 2022
Teck contributed $2.5 million toward Royal Inland Hospital’s new emergency room, which will feature antimicrobial copper surfaces and equipment to help protect patients and health-care workers
by Jake Courtepatte | Dec 2, 2021
The Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department will resume round-the-clock emergency care at 7:30a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3.
by Jake Courtepatte | Sep 28, 2021
A drop-in vaccine clinic is open today, Sept. 28, at the Nicola Valley Hospital.
by Merritt Herald | Feb 9, 2018
For the 52nd year in a row, the Variety children’s charity will take over the airwaves on...
by Merritt Herald | Jan 26, 2017
Not many can lay claim to the title of Merritt’s New Year’s baby — but the 20-day-old Abby Yvonne...
by Merritt Herald | Jun 1, 2016
An infant was sent to hospital for smoke inhalation after a battery pack that was charging in a...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 28, 2016
Conceptual plans are still being developed for planned renovations of the Nicola Valley Hospital’s...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 19, 2016
Merritt isn’t benefitting from any of the 300 nurses recruited to the Interior Health...
by Merritt Herald | Jul 16, 2015
With a shortage of doctors around the province, questions around how to attract doctors —...
by Merritt Herald | Jun 18, 2015
Dear Editor, I am glad to see letters from local people here in Ashcroft like Martin Clayford and...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 21, 2015
By Dale Bass, Kamloops This Week Facilities like Hillside Centre are still essential to...