Island Health suspended the ER privileges of Dr. Alex Nataros pending an investigation
A Port Hardy emergency room doctor who was stripped of his emergency room privileges last week says he will say more about the matter at a news conference in Victoria today.
Nataros’s medical duties are restricted to clinic and 10-patient hospital ward work. His week-long ER stint at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island, scheduled to start today, has been cancelled.Nataros said he has been harassed by Williams, and cites a “cold call” from Williams in mid-January. Williams said that on Jan. 30, an Island Health patient care and safety leader was alerted to a “very serious” patient complaint that raised concern about Nataros’s ability to safely practise in the ER.
Faced with pulling a physician out of an ER that was already understaffed, Williams said he weighed many factors “but the most important one was patient safety.” Health Minister Adrian Dix has expressed “total confidence” in Williams, saying “he’s acting in the best interests of patients in his view.”
Nataros, who began part-time in the north Island in August and became full-time in November, said he has poured concrete for a home in Port Hardy, has a sailboat and is a deeply embedded member of the community.The north Island is grappling with a shortage of staff and physician departures that have led to ongoing overnight and weekend emergency room closures at the Port McNeill and Port Hardy hospitals.
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