why am i so excited!!..because there is such a shortage here of drs who are taking new patients!.....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..or just here on the island?.?.?

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

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

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

All over Canada

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!

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...

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.

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!

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

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

yes indeed we do!!!!!

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.

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..?

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.

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.