Health Services in Kamloops
The goal of this brochure is designed to help you better access health care services in Kamloops.
Services
- Dental Care
- Family Doctor
- Urgent and Primary Care
- Emergency Care
- Additional Services
Dental Care
- General dental care is not covered through Canada’s MSP
- Call 1-866-866-0800 for more dental information
- Enter your 10-digit phone number
- Press option 2
- Press option 4
- Clinics in Kamloops:
Family Doctor
How to get a family doctor:
- Search online at ‘Find a Doctor BC’ to see what clinics are accepting new patients in your area, Find a Doctor BC.
- Once you have looked at the clinic options, contact HealthLink BC by calling 8-1-1 and ask to be placed on the waitlist.
- Now that you are on the waitlist, you will be notified when the clinic has availability. Other Advice:
- Finding a family doctor may take time, please be patient.
- Ask friends, coworkers, neighbors, or anyone else you feel comfortable asking, if their family doctor is accepting new patients.
Urgent and Primary Care
Address: 311 Columbia Street Unit 102
Phone Number: 250-314-2256
Website: Kamloops Urgent Primary Care
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. Monday-Sunday
- This is for individuals that need medical attention within 12-24 hours that is NOT considered emergent
- For any emergency care please call 9-1-1 OR go to the emergency department
- This is not a walk-in clinic, you must phone to make an appointment.
- Keep phoning until you are able to speak with someone, it may take a while
- Care is provided for minor injuries such as cuts, wounds, infections, minor childhood injury/illness, and women’s health
Emergency Care
Address: Royal Inland Hospital
Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
- For any emergency, please visit the RIH Emergency Department
- The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is used to determine who receives care first
- Reminder: This scale is a guide to help you understand how wait times are determined. Those highest on the scale as determined by the hospital will be seen first, while those on a lower scale may wait longer depending on who arrives and how urgent the condition is.
The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is used to determine who receives care first:
- Level 1: Resuscitation
- Conditions that are threatening to life or limbs
- Level 2: Emergent
- Conditions that have the potential to threaten life, limbs, or function
- Level 3: Urgent
- Conditions that may progress to a more serious problem
- Level 4: Less Urgent
- Conditions that have the potential for deterioration and would benefit from treatment
- Level 5: Non-Urgent
- Sudden onset health problems, that do not require immediate attention
Other Services
Kamloops Kinetic Energy
Provides same-day appointments with medical doctor, women’s clinic, chiropractor, physiotherapy, and other services.
- Address: 207-450 Lansdowne Street
- Phone Number: 250-828-6637
- Website: Kinetic Energy
Kamloops Public Health Unit
The public health unit provides health promotion services such as immunizations, breastfeeding supports, and other programs
- Address: 519 Columbia Street
- Phone Number: 250-851-7300
- Website: Public Health Unit
Virtual Walk in Clinic
Same or next day visit with a doctor online through phone or video
- Contact: [email protected]
- Website: Walk in Clinic
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https://divisionsbc.ca/thompson-region
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https://www.findadoctorbc.ca/vancouver-island-region-text-search/?list_town=Kamloops
HealthLink BC. (2022). Home Page. HealthLink BC – 24/7 Health Advice You Can Trust. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/
Interior Health. (2021). Kamloops Urgent Primary Care and Learning Center. Interior Health.
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https://www.interiorhealth.ca/locations/kamloops-urgent-primary-care-learning-centre
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https://www.interiorhealth.ca/services/emergency-health-services
Courtesy of Carleene Roddick, Amy Strank, and Katarina Sterk, Thompson Rivers University 3rd Year Nursing Students
