Teams Shortlisted for KGH Clinical Support Building

Three qualified proponents have been shortlisted to participate in the Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of the competition to design and build the Clinical Support Building (CSB) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH).

"This Clinical Support Building is an important stage in the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre Project, which will provide the highest level of medical care ever seen in the Interior," said Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon. "Combined with the Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals Project, it will mean almost $900 million in capital investments underway in the Okanagan."

Sun Shines on Vernon Jubilee Open House

Interior Health staff joined representatives from Infusion Health and the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation on June 19, 2010 at the Building Patient Care booth at Vernon's Sunshine Days. And what a fun and sunny day it was. The event was a tremendous success, with hundreds of Vernon residents dropping by to learn more about how health care services in the North Okanagan are going to benefit from the new Patient Care Tower at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. The tower will be complete in less than a year, with patients being accepted in September 2011.

Heart & Surgical Centre Moves Ahead

The Interior Heart and Surgical Centre (IHSC) project took an important step forward today with the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the new clinical support building (CSB) at Kelowna General Hospital. The RFQ is the first step in the process to select a team to design and build the new facility.

The CSB is part of the IHSC Project announced by Premier Gordon Campbell Jan. 25, 2010. It will house laboratory and clinical support departments that will be moved from the existing hospital in preparation for the construction of the IHSC building in 2012. Ground preparation on the site also began this week.

The RFQ can be downloaded from the BC Bid website by searching for Document #3232

New Entrance on the Way for VJH

Significant changes to the main and emergency entrances to Vernon Jubilee Hospital (VJH) will take place in March. This work is being done to construct a link between the new Patient Care Tower and the existing hospital.

Please click on the map below for a larger version showing the parking and access routes for Vernon Jubilee Hospital.

Pioneer Doctor Honoured with Library Dedication

Dr. Cliff Henderson cut the cake Feb 10 to celebrate the dedication of the new library at Kelowna General Hospital in his name. The recently opened library, located in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus, will now be known as the Dr. Clifford B. Henderson Library.

Premier Opens Clinical Teaching Facility

Premier Gordon Campbell (second from left) was joined by (from left) Interior Health Board Chair Norman Embree, UBC Board Chair Brad Bennett, Okanagan-Mission MLA Steve Thomson, Okanagan-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, and others on January 25, 2010 to celebrate the official opening of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus at Kelowna General Hospital.

Funding a go for Heart and Surgical Centre

Dr. Dick Hooper, Clinical Program Director for Cardiac Services, presents Premier Gordon Campbell with a replica heart valve to commemorate the announcement on January 25, 2010 that the Province of BC has agreed to fund the construction of the permanent, purpose built Interior Heart and Surgical Centre.

VJH Celebrates Topping Off Patient Care Tower

And to top it all off: Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster wasjoined by representatives of Interior Health, Infusion Health and Graham Construction to celebrate the "topping off" of the new Patient Care Tower at Vernon Jubilee Hospital on January 15, 2010.

"The VJH expansion will bring a whole new level of patient care to the North Okanagan," said Foster. "The new patient care tower will add over 180,000 square feet of state-of-the-art space to the hospital, and will allow us to continue to meet the needs of patients as our population continues to grow."

New Parkade Opens at KGH

The new parkade at Kelowna General Hospital will open on December 21. As a result, Interior Health will be reconfiguring the public and staff parking areas at the hospital.

Please click here for a full sumary of the parking changes.

Please click on the map below for a larger version showing the parking and access routes for Kelowna General Hospital beginning December 21, 2009.

KGH Celebrates Topping Off Patient Care Tower