Finding Healthcare in Rural Areas

By John McLachlan

A concern many people have when they move to a more remote area is the issue of health services. Finding a doctor or dentist can be a challenge. Actually, finding a doctor in an urban area can be difficult, too.

In many cases, living on Hornby Island will mean making two ferry trips for many services but it could be that when it comes to dentists, we may have the solution close to home.

Now we haven’t made any appointments yet or even spoken to him, but Dr. Peter Walford operates on Hornby Island and Denman Island out of a converted school bus. You can read all about him here and have a look at my video below as I strolled past his “office” where it was parked a short walk from where we will be living.

(If you can’t see the video below, view it here)