Rosa Robichaud has had a family physician in Prince Rupert since 1980, when she moved to the community.
She is now concerned that she and her husband— who both have serious health conditions — will have to leave the North Coast for an urban area to have faster and better access to healthcare after her family physician, Dr. Francois Erasmus, notified the pair he would be leaving the area on June 1.
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