From CTV News, Vancouver, yesterday:

Gracie MacDonald snapped a photo of her brother on a sailing boat a Good Samaritan was using to take them from Denman Island to the closest hospital on Vancouver Island never suspecting it would be the last image of his life.

He died hours later at North Island Hospital Comox Valley.

Andy MacDonald was terminally ill with cancer but hadn’t expected to succumb within months of his surprise diagnosis, and none of the family had anticipated it would be a scramble to get him to the hospital after the cable ferry broke down yet again last month.

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Meanwhile on CalMac:

An urgent medical appointment protocol is in place to support those customers who live on an island, and who need to travel to a medical appointment at a mainland NHS location with three weeks’* notice or less, and who are unable to book a vehicle onto the relevant ferry service. In this scenario, our Customer Engagement Centre will provide support to ensure customers can reach the NHS destination and return to the ferry. 

https://www.calmac.co.uk/urgent-medical-appointments