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Alert Bay, a ferry-dependent community of 1,200, is expected to have no doctors staffing its emergency department and medical clinic by early December, a document obtained by Canada's National Observer shows. 

A profound health-care crisis in North Vancouver Island is only expected to deepen this fall, according to leaked information from a meeting between doctors in Port Hardy and Island Health. Port Hardy Hospital is experiencing a critical doctor shortage that is endangering patient and physician safety, according to minutes provided to Canadas National Observer from an Aug. 17 meeting between a number of the towns physicians and Island Health.

Three doctors expected to be working in September in Port Hardy, a community that needs seven

Three doctors expected to be working in September in Port Hardy, a community that needs seven

Port Hardy Hospital is experiencing a critical doctor shortage that is endangering patient and physician safety, according to information provided to Canada’s National Observer from an Aug. 17 meeting between a number of the town’s physicians and Island Health. 

In-person appointments three days a week, telehealth on other days.

The only family medical practice in Ucluelet, B.C., will continue to operate for another 18 months, Island Health announced Wednesday, just one week before the clinics lease was set to expire.

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