There are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday.
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Rushville, Ill., on October 30, 2012. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff RobersonThere are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday.
Having a dedicated family doctor rather than relying on walk-in clinics is especially important when people have complex chronic issues, Varughese said. The physician college's CEO, Deepy Sur, acknowledged that the provincial government has invested in primary care teams and committed to reducing "unnecessary paperwork" to help ease the workload of family doctors, but said that needs to be expedited.
"At every step of the way our government has consulted with the and they have endorsed our government’s action to connect more people to the primary care they need," Jensen said in an email. A celebration erupted from a Winnipeg courtroom, spilled onto the front steps of the courthouse and throughout downtown minutes after a judge found serial killer Jeremy Skibicki guilty.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop.
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