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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 Canada's National Observer from an Aug. 17 meeting between a number of the town's 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.