Comox Valley Participating Clinicians

Clinicians with MAiD experience and specialist knowledge in the Comox Valley are: 

• Dr. Tanja Daws, Courtenay Medical Clinic 
• Dr. Jonathan Reggler, Courtenay Medical Associates
• Dr. Scott Manktelow, Wavecrest Medical Clinic
• Dr. Kate Morgan, Wavecrest Medical Clinic

To Refer:

Please fax all referrals to the Island Health MAiD coordination office at 250-519-3669. Additional information and referral forms can be found here: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) - Island Health.

Please include the following information in the referral:

• Patient name, date of birth, address, phone number
• Diagnosis
• Clinical summary of case and EMR summary
• Relevant chart information including recent specialist consults, imaging reports, and labs
• Indication of the urgency of the case
• Patient Request Record Form 1632 and Assessment Record Form 1633 if already completed.
• If a patient wishes to see a specific provider please indicate their preference.
• Please include your cell number

The coordination office will contact you for additional information. If you have not already completed a MAiD eligibility assessment you will be asked if you are willing to be the second assessor for the case. The coordination office will then send an email call for a MAiD provider. You will receive a phone call from a MAiD provider by the end of the next working day, sooner if urgent. The coordination office is open Monday to Friday. Faxes sent after office hours on Friday will be processed on the next working day. If you have any questions call the physician only line at 250-514-2182.

MAiD is generally not an emergency and if the patient’s needs are emergent the Palliative Care service should be contacted first (contact details can be obtained from Comox Valley Hospital switchboard).

Patients and their families have many decisions to make when faced with end-of-life care or intolerable suffering. It’s important for British Columbians to know and understand all the health care options available to them. 

Legislation governing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was passed by the Federal Parliament on June 17, 2016. This means medical assistance in dying is now legal in Canada when provided to patients eligible under the law. 

Under the new law, doctors may provide medical assistance in dying to capable, consenting adults who have a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring, intolerable suffering and who are at a point where natural death is reasonably foreseeable. 

British Columbians seeking medical assistance in dying should speak with their physician or other primary care provider or their local health authority. For detailed information go to these websites: Island Health and the Federal Government. 

Patients may contact Island Health’s MAiD program directly for assistance in accessing MAiD:

• 250-727-4382 (Greater Victoria)
• Toll Free: 1-877-370-8699
• maid@islandhealth.ca