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Interior Health

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Abbreviation
  
IH

Type
  
GO

Motto
  
For your whole life

Formation
  
2001; 16 years ago (2001)

Headquarters
  
505 Doyle Avenue Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 0C5

Region served
  
British Columbia Interior

Interior Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider in an area of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Interior Health was established as one of five geographically based health authorities in 2001 by the Government of British Columbia. It is responsible for ensuring publicly funded health services are provided to the people of the Southern Interior. Interior Health serves a large geographic area covering almost 215-thousand square kilometres and includes larger cities such as Kelowna, Kamloops, Cranbrook, Penticton and Vernon, and a multitude of rural and remote communities.

The key areas in services provided include:

  • Acute Care
  • Home & Community Care
  • Mental Health & Addictions
  • Public Health Prevention & Protection
  • Corporate Services

    • Interior Health provides services for the following areas:

  • Thompson and Lillooet
  • Cariboo
  • Shuswap
  • Okanagan
  • Kootenays
  • Boundary

    • Quick Facts

  • Area Population: 722,556

    • 18.25% over age 64

  • Budget: $1,501 M (2008–09)
  • 18,523 Employees
  • 1,706 Physicians
  • 700 Primary Care Physicians
  • 1034 Mental Health & Addiction Beds (updated July 08)
  • 36 Aboriginal Addictions Residential Treatment Beds
  • 1244 Acute Beds (updated Sept 08)
  • 5,633 Residential Care & Assisted Living Beds
  • 717 Communities
  • 58 Municipalities
  • 10 Regional Districts
  • 53 First Nation Communities

    • References

    Interior Health Wikipedia
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