The Vancouver Island Health Authority has advised us they will be putting a new medical clinic in Port McNeill and plan on bringing new "permanent" physicians to work in it.  

We have a permanent resident Doctor, Prean Armogam who has been taking care of people from the communities of Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Zabellos, Woss & Rivers Inlet for 15 years. 

He is willing to give up his private practice and work for VIHA in the new clinic but is not being given that opportunity. He has been told to hand our personal medical files over to the new clinic within 6 months to one year.  

We feel he is being treated unfairly as are we.  He is "OUR" family Doctor and has taken excellent care of us for 15 years, while other physicians have come and gone.

He has compassion, heart and throughout the past 14 months has worked tirelessly 16 hour days 7 days a week to continue to care for us.  We know it's been stressful for him and us during this time, but he's still been all in. 

For a number of years, he has asked VIHA to work with him to bring in more Doctors to no avail.  We feel he is being ousted because he has been persistent in his asks, which were to hire permanent Doctors to the area which would benefit the North Island people.  It is obvious they are forcing him to limit his practice which would exclude hundreds of us.

We choose him to continue to care for the people who live in Port McNeill, Port Hardy, and the above-mentioned areas.

 Please include Doctor Prean Armogam and his (experienced) staff to work in the new clinic VIHA in Port McNeill.