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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Not to politicize everything, but anyone having issue finding a doctor should probably think about voting in a Provincial govt that isn't antagonistic towards medical professionals.
On topic, the Sheldon Chumir is basically where I go when I need Same-Day/Urgent non emergency treatment. Wait times for my family doc have gotten to the 1 week+ territory lately.
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There's a shortage of GPs across the country. It's a much larger economic issue. Canada has an extremely low amount of medical school spots, that are extremely competitive to get into. Many students come out of medical school with large amounts of debt, and many competitive people don't want to live middle class lifestyles. Convincing medical students to willingly become GPs is a difficult task.
Even if you increased pay, it probably wouldn't fix the issue. The cost of living and property is so out of site, that giving GPs and extra $20-50k a year (which would not be a popular move), wouldn't change a thing.
It's also just as much to do with generational bottleknecking. For the last 30 years, they didn't need many doctors, as babyboomers had all the spots. Those doctors are retiring on mass and there's no one to replace them. The medical schools all maintained the same amount of medical school spots for decades, as the Gen X doctors entering the field were complaining about not having enough jobs available.
it's all a mess.