View our special Progress section in the July 15 print issue of the PQB News Oceanside Health Centre’s urgent care saw 47,850 patients in the 2025-26 fiscal year, which works out to an average of 131 patients every day. Visits to the Parksville centre have increased dramatically since 2018-19, when it recorded 28,870 total patient visits, or even the 32,790 received just a few years ago in 2021-22, Island Health data shows. “This is significant …