Rural Healthcare's Dark Horizon: A Quadra Island Case Study The Quadra Island Medical Clinic's crisis is a harbinger of a broader problem: rural healthcare's dwindling workforce and the communities that rely on it.
When Dr. Steve Hughes retires at the end of September, the clinic will be left to scramble for his replacement – a familiar tale in small town Canada. Rural B. C.
's family doctors are aging rapidly, with nearly 40% approaching retirement age. Paul Adams, executive director of the B. C.