Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Finding a family Doctor- Mission impossible

It took me 7 months to finally find a family doctor, who is accepting new patients.  In Canada, each person should have a family doctor, whom he will visit first in case of any health issue. The family doctor tries to solve it, but if needed, he may refer you to a specialist.
The biggest challenge is to find a family doctor who is accepting new patients.

The ministry of health in Ontario has a program called "Health care connect", which tries to connect you with a doctor. I registered in this program 4 months ago and they haven't connect me to any. I had to cancel it since I finally found one, through word of mouth.

During this period,I was visiting walk in clinics, in which you have to wait for hours to see a doctor.

Tip: Keep asking everyone you meet . that's the solution to find a doctor.

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