Canadian woman, 96, puts ad in newspaper to find primary care doctor

Stembolt · 2025-05-31T14:04:31+00:00

‘Seeking a Physician’: 96 and doctorless, N.S. senior turns to the classifieds

Dks01

urbanriot The “greener pastures” are medical specialties or “focused practice”.

In this repeated cross-sectional study comprising all active family physicians practicing in each fiscal year (1993 through 2021) in Ontario, Canada, we found that 1 in 5 were in focused practice in 2021 compared with 1 in 13 in 1993. Almost 40% of the growth in the total number of family physicians was attributable to focused practice, with emergency, hospitalist, and addiction medicine being most prevalent specialties. Although the proportion of focused practice family physicians was larger in early- and mid-career physicians, the decrease over time in the proportion of comprehensive physicians was apparent across all career stages. A greater proportion of male family physicians worked in focused practice. There was an increase in the overall number of family physicians, both in absolute terms and per capita, but a decrease in the proportion of comprehensive family physicians.

https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/3/181#sec-13

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/concerning-new-research-reveals-trend-that-may-be-contributing-to-family-doctor-shortage/

Dks01

bjlockie We have no walk-in clinics in both counties. You have to go to the ER.

Dks01

WalterDnes ROTFL! No one in this area is accepting new patients. No one. This is the message I get when trying your URL. They refer you to Health Care Connect.

koira

Dks01
My doc is retired as of yesterday, he sent out a letter announcing the fact and also mentioned that his replacement has been lined up and will be notifying us that he is rostering new patients. Apparently thats the requirement from Ontario health that they roster. My Doc has worked out of a shared office with six others and they also run an after hours clinic with the various Drs on rotation filling in .

I need to call their office tomorrow to ensure i dont get left out. Dont go there much except for physical and the odd thing but if the need arises you want to be sure you have a Dr. He is my age so cant blame him but Its one of those things where you have been looked after for so long by the same person you get used to their style and now someone new. Dentist did the same thing ten years ago and his younger partner took over. Now he is hiring in a new partner with the view of taking more time off and eventually retire.

urbanriot

Dks01

The “greener pastures” are medical specialties or “focused practice”

That and America. Over the past 30 years, more than 5,000 graduating doctors have left Canada to practice in the United States according to the National Library of Medicine in the United States.

g121

urbanriot That and America. Over the past 30 years, more than 5,000 graduating doctors have left Canada to practice in the United States according to the National Library of Medicine in the United States.

The epitome of laziness is to not provide a link to support one’s claims.

The onus is NOT on others to find support for your claims.

Somewhat-Reticent

g121 Suitable search keys suffice. No onus required.

Dks01

g121 I agree. I call BS. I used several searches and came up with nothing. And nothing new, either.

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