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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
The family doctor situation is a complete disaster, and unsustainable. It really is an embarrassment for the province. Living down in Lethbridge the estimate is that some 30,000 residents do not have a family doctor, thats about 1/3 of the population.
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My husband has just been approached to possibly help open a business very near to Lethbridge. So, if we ended up moving down there, I think we'll have to keep our doctor here. 99% of our appointments are phone appointments anyway. We'd switch in a heartbeat if we could find a different doc, this guy isn't the greatest but finding someone to work with 4 of us, 1 of whom is high complex needs, tends to be an issue. With the high complex needs, it's vitally important that there is continuity in prescribing the same meds, rather than messing around with possible biases towards meds, that a new doc might have.
If we move, we'll probably keep him, do most appointments by phone and then book a day off once in a while and book everyone in and make it a travel day. Any acute issues will have to be dealt with at an urgent care centre, much like everyone without a doc is most likely dealing with their acute issues.