April 01, 2021 - 11:40 AM Two additional COVID-19 cases have been found in connection with the outbreak at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital. The discovery of the two new cases follows three cases identified yesterday, March 31, that occurred on the Level 3 Surgical Unit. The cases led Interior Health to declare an outbreak yesterday.
READ MORE: Interior Health is now expanding its request that anyone that was on the Level 3 Surgical Unit at the hospital from March 15 to March 29 should self-isolate for 14 days since they were discharged from the hospital. Interior Health said in a media release that patients that shared a room with an individual that tested positive, and those at a high risk of exposure will be contacted by the health authority.
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Donors fund portable ECGs for all ambulances in North Okanagan - a BC first - Vernon News
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New life saving devices are being added to ambulances in the Okanagan.
It’s part of ground breaking pilot project between Interior Health and the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) to provide every ambulance near a heart cath lab with devices that can determine if a patient’s symptoms are due to a heart attack. Ambulances will be supplied with portable electrocardiogram (ECG) machines, giving patients immediate access to state-of-the-art care.
Support from people, families and organizations from Lake Country, Predator Ridge, Vernon and Armstrong has allowed for the purchase of eight ECG machines for the region.
“As a result, the Okanagan will be the first area in British Columbia where an ECG machine will be readily available to measure electrical activity in the heart for patients experiencing chest pain under the care of a paramedic,” a news release from the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, stated.