Canada is poised to lose its international status as a measles-free country now that an outbreak that began in New Brunswick and spread to other provinces has hit the one-year mark.
Oddly enough (because in many ways it is the red-headed stepchild of Quebec regions), everyone in the Pontiac region of Quebec, west of Gatineau/Hull, has a family doctor. We were assigned one within a month of receiving our provincial health cards.
I’ve been waiting for five years now, but I know others that have been waiting for eleven. My SO and I have been invited to some healthcare system by Telus in the interim, but availability of doctors and appointments are spotty at best. And Legault is about to gut the system further.
Yes, Quebec’s health system seems to be one step below the rest of Canada. That’s why it’s very odd that The Pontiac has no orphan patients. And the doctors don’t seem to be overworked. When I have called my GP, I can usually get an appointment within a week.
I walked by a clinic on my way to the bakery, took their contact info, called them and asked if they were accepting patients. They were, so me and my wife signed up.
TY. Follow up question; this is Canada… How does one acquire this mythical “doc” of which you speak?
don’t let the one you’re hopefully already have die. if they die, then you’re stuck.
if you don’t have one, Galen Westin will most certainly underpay one for you in the private industry
Oddly enough (because in many ways it is the red-headed stepchild of Quebec regions), everyone in the Pontiac region of Quebec, west of Gatineau/Hull, has a family doctor. We were assigned one within a month of receiving our provincial health cards.
I’ve been waiting for five years now, but I know others that have been waiting for eleven. My SO and I have been invited to some healthcare system by Telus in the interim, but availability of doctors and appointments are spotty at best. And Legault is about to gut the system further.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/legault-doctors-compensation-9.6951562
Yes, Quebec’s health system seems to be one step below the rest of Canada. That’s why it’s very odd that The Pontiac has no orphan patients. And the doctors don’t seem to be overworked. When I have called my GP, I can usually get an appointment within a week.
I walked by a clinic on my way to the bakery, took their contact info, called them and asked if they were accepting patients. They were, so me and my wife signed up.
I think people expect to sit on their ass smoking dope and have an MD come to their door.