Interior Health has hired a medical health officer in Kamloops in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
That’s according to mayor Ken Christian, who was speaking to media from the steps of city hall late on Wednesday morning.
“It’s going to be a little too late for this particular even, but they have,” Christian says, referencing the COVID-19 pandemic we are in the middle of. “I spoke with Susan Brown, the president and Chief Executive Officer of Interior Health, and she advised that they had hired a chief medical officer who will be deployed to Kamloops.”
Christian says it’s unclear when this person would start in Kamloops, but he indicates the hiring is encouraging.
“Interior Health made a decision about a decade ago to amalgamate their medical health officers into their Kelowna office… Kamloops is a city of 100,000, we should not be without a medical health officer. We need one, we’ve needed one, and we especially need one today.”
NL News has reached out to Interior Health for more details.
– with files from Colton Davies
It’s unclear when the new MHO would start in #Kamloops. Mayor Christian says @Interior_Health amalgamated the position with Kelowna about 10 years ago, and is encouraged by this news. “We are a city with 100,000 people. We need a medical health officer.”
— Colton Davies (@ColtonDavies_) April 22, 2020
