Most of the North Island region - not only Port Hardy - is facing doctor and nursing shortages as well as significant gaps in medical imaging and lab services, a document leaked to Canada's National Observer shows.
The region has been in an “evolving state of crisis” since the pandemic began, an Aug. 5 briefing note by the North Island chapter of the Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice states. This is the second document leaked to Canada's National Observer on the issue.
As of April, the vacancy rate for registered nurses - responsible for baseline emergency care at the facility - is 67 per cent. And the vacancy rate for licensed practical nurses , who typically provide routine care to patients and assist RNs and physicians, is 50 per cent. There is an RN vacancy rate of 46 per cent as of April and an 80 per cent vacancy rate for LPNs at the hospital that serves approximately 4,000 residents in the region.
Two new doctors are now working in Port McNeill at the just-opened medical clinic owned and operated by Island Health and a new doctor has committed to begin practice in Port Hardy in November, the statement said. “But we know additional collaborative and innovative approaches that support the doctors and health-care providers who work in the region are necessary.”
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