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Interior Health

Interior Health
Abbreviation IH
Motto For your whole life
Formation 2001; 16 years ago (2001)
Type GO
Headquarters 505 Doyle Avenue
Kelowna, British Columbia
V1Y 0C5
Region served
British Columbia Interior
Services health care
CEO
Chris Mazurkewich
Budget
$1.9 billion (2013/4)
Staff
19,200 and 1,500 physicians
Website www.interiorhealth.ca

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:

Interior Health provides services for the following areas:

18.25% over age 64

Other Health Authorities in British Columbia:


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