I found a dr!!! woo hooo~
 

why am i so excited!!.:thumbsup:.because there is such a shortage here of drs who are taking new patients!..:blink:...and i have an appointment for in 2 days time.*faints*.like wow~~~ pick me up off the floor!! <:0)

is it like this all over.:confused:.or just here on the island?.?.?

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Congratulations - it's not always easy to find a doctor taking on new patients!

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thank you!! and how are you....?? is it cold down your way today!...:blink:

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wow! just checked out your web site!...fantastic :)

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All over Canada

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Hi Maple Leaf, yes it's been wet and cold today, time to turn on the heating! What's it like at the Lake? Not to many people tubing now eh!

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you are spot on! not too many at all. tho last week i noticed a few still when i was down town shopping. however that is a big change from summer...they would be dotted all over the place..a constant stream of them. i heard that at times it could be a few hundred in a day. and i believe it...as son and i would be at little beach for a swim for an hr or so and there would be a constant stream of tubers arriving. and they were having great fun. i think i will do it next summer when the river is high..as it is quicker then. might need a wet suit tho ;)

and yes..time to turn the heating on here too i think...:thumbup:

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It's pretty common. In my city of 225,000 people there are no doctors taking on new patients, not even walk-ins. I have to go to Ontario and pay for it.

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So relieved... misread the thread and though you were excited because you found a drill. My in-laws already warned me it's a similar situation in Calgary -we need more GPs emigrating!

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wow....how far is that from you..?

i was starting to think i might have to travel at least an hr to get one.:blink:

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yes indeed we do!!!!!

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Fortunately it isn't that far. I can get there on the bus or go with Souvette when she goes to work in the morning in Ottawa. It's a pain though. Only a few walk-in clinics in Ottawa will see Quebec patients. You have to pay up front and then try to claw the money back from the QC government. I make a point now of getting there for 7am, when they open, otherwise you're looking at hours waiting. Plus, you don't have a GP as such so there's no follow up. I recently finished a one-month course of medication and I've no idea if I'm meant to go back.

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why is there such a shortage..do you know..?

i am wondering if it is because of the qual transfer over to Canada dont' match up or something and they have to sit exams etc..?

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The qualifications transfer issue doesn't help but I believe the main reason to be that doctors qualify in Canada and then bugger off to the US to make even more money than they do here.

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ah well that could make sense...i also wonder why there isnt' more....Canadian born people becoming doctors within their own country..it is the same in Australia too.