More than half a million people living in Toronto don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Tuesday.
More than half a million people living in Toronto don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Tuesday.“Family medicine is under enormous strain right now due to system-wide issues. However, we believe it's possible to turn this crisis around and let familyget back to what they most want, which is to be there for their patients,” Dr. Mekalai Kumanan, president of the college, said in a news release.
“We are investing $110 million, triple the original amount set out in our 23/24 budget to create and expand 78 primary care teams, that will ensure 98 per cent of Ontarians are connected to a primary care provider over the next several years,” Jensen said in an email. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says more than half a million people living in Toronto don't have a family doctor. The Toronto skyline is photographed behind a canopy of trees on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
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