People in B.C. and Atlantic Canada have the most trouble finding a family doctor or getting an appointment
Now living in Sidney, the author and cancer survivor has been unable to find a doctor. He needs to get up early several days before his medications run out to call his local walk-in clinic to have whichever doctor is working that day renew his prescription.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Hayter-Menzies is one of almost one million people, or at least 20 per cent of British Columbians, without a family doctor, and a new study shows that about half of Canadians either do not have a regular doctor or are unable to see their general practitioner within a week of calling for an appointment.Article content
“How it got to this is unbelievable. It’s very shameful that the elderly have to go through this,” said Hayter-Menzies, who said difficulty accessing a doctor is contributing to he and his partner’s reluctant decision to leave B.C.
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