Health-care crisis poised to escalate on Vancouver Island, leaked documents show
An ongoing 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.
In September — due to pending resignations and prolonged vacancies — it’s expected only three doctors will remain working in Port Hardy at the hospital emergency room and the town’s medical clinic, which serve a community of 4,000 residents as well as people in outlying rural areas. In some instances, the community’s doctors have been on call for emergencies every three days — or even every day. In August, there were 19 emergency shifts that had to be covered with minimal notice, the document said.
Island Health told Canada’s National Observer it is not considering the closure or consolidation of any of the emergency rooms serving North Island. However, the meeting involved discussions on how to create systemic change around health care for the North Island region. Staff contracts and resistance around where employees are willing to work is a complicating factor, along with nurses with limited emergency room experience.
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