Island Health announces a task force to tackle healthcare crisis on North Vancouver Island with news of more doctors leaving
Island Health representatives held a public meeting with North Island residents Thursday night to keep them up to date on the search for doctors and nurses to staff emergency rooms, but many residents remain worried that they might need emergency care and won’t get it.
“We are seeing all across the province that there are significant challenges,” said Bond. “And in this case, in Alert Bay, one of the issues is nursing. So we have to look at an overarching health human resources strategy. We’ve been calling on the government since the day they were elected. And there is, simply, no plan in place.”
“Specific to Port Hardy, two doctors have recently made the decision to leave the community and a third will be departing in September. Island Health, Doctors of BC, the Port Hardy doctors and the Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice are concerned about what impacts these departures could have for patients and care providers remaining in the community,” Island Health said.
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