8 people exposed to fumes from ‘unknown substance’ smoked inside Kelowna General Hospital | 24CA News
It’s frequent data that smoking isn’t allowed in hospitals.
On Friday night, although, a person at Kelowna General Hospital brought about a regarding incident for smoking what Interior Health referred to as an unknown substance.
According to the well being authority, six employees members and two sufferers on the 4A medical unit have been uncovered to smoke and fumes from the unknown substance round 8:15 p.m.
Interior Health says it’s investigating the incident, however didn’t say if the unknown substance was an unlawful drug, akin to meth.
It’s additionally unknown if the person was a affected person or not, or if that individual was making an attempt to make some form of illicit drug contained in the hospital.
However, Interior Health did say that police have been referred to as and that the six workers and two sufferers acquired follow-up care.
“This is a concerning incident and our priority is the health of all those impacted individuals and determining what took place,” mentioned Megan Helgason, a director of medical operations at KGH.
Global News has reached out to the RCMP for extra info.
Police mentioned they’re nonetheless investigating and can launch particulars after they can.
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