At 85 years of age, searching for a doctor

About a year ago, I was fortunate to go to the James Bay Medical Centre walk-in clinic and receive treatment and medication for a medical problem.

When I called this week to make an appointment with the walk-in clinic, I was told they could no longer accept walk-in patients as they only had doctors available to registered patients. Now what do I do?

My doctor has been off sick for two years and he hopes to be able to return in 2023. I pray he recovers well and that he will be able to return.

I wrote a letter to Adrian Dix regarding the serious breakdown of the health-care system, lack of care for seniors and about a month later, received a “concerned” letter, but no hope or help in finding a doctor.

At 85 years, the desperate search for medical help will be ahead of me again.

In November, former nearby walk-in clinics were no longer available. I was down to my last four pills of my prescriptions and before I was able to find a walkin clinic far away from my location and got lucky to find a physician to give me a prescription for all, but no refill included.

When they run out in another four weeks will he still be available, and will I be able to have them renewed? I discovered that the new Cook Street Medical Centre is still taking walk-in patients.

Appointments can only be made by calling at 8:30 a.m. and if their list is full for the day, you must phone back the next morning and so on until they find a space for you; I will keep trying.

Will they, too, run out of doctors to look after patients? Health care in B.C is at a crisis level — medical madness!

Gerry Bell Victoria