Doctor shortage hits home in Red Lake
RED LAKE, Ont. – A Red Lake clinic is urgently advising residents and those living in the surrounding area to anticipate shorter appointments and longer wait times as it struggles to find physicians and grapples with a provincial cut to its doctor allocation.
"We were already struggling before in terms of keeping our ER doors open and serving the population," he said. "So it is really unfortunate this has happened. This is going to create a lot of negative impact in terms of how this will be construed within the community, and it will hamper the services they provide at this point in time."One consequence of the provincial decision is that a Saturday morning urgent care clinic will stop operating, the clinic advised.
“We will not be able to meet the needs and requirements of the patients in our community,” Kumar said. Red Lake itself has a population of approximately 4,200 people. The hospital services on average nearly 14,500 patients per year, according to Kumar.
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