Four years ago I was a patient at CVH with a heart condition. I was told that I would have to find someone to take me to Victoria for treatment. When I said I had no one that could take me the doctor responded “we are not a taxi service”. I actually felt sorry for the doctor. I feel he had been confronted with the same problem so many times , frustrated time and time again and had no acceptable answer. The past and continuing consolidation of medical services south of the Malahat is absolutely unacceptable. The startling statistical data comparing NRGH to the greater Victoria Area would also be comparable to Comox Valley, Campbell River and North. Fair healthcare requires/demands a more equitable distribution of healthcare infrastructure and services throughout the island.