Doctors of B.C. president heads to Port Hardy to help out, urges others to do the same

Dr. Joshua Greggain, who lives in Victoria, volunteered to take ER shifts Saturday through Monday at Port Hardy Hospital to assist with an acute staffing shortage that worsened when one physician lost his ER privileges this month. Greggain said physicians are needed as locums in the community for the next three to six months to help stabilize the situation. He wants to hear from local health-care staff while he’s in the community. “There’s a level of desperation in the nurses, the physicians, the entire team, where there just simply aren’t enough people here to provide their service.”