FYI, that means 15% of Canadians don’t have a doctor.
I have a family doctor, but they are in a different city than me because I never got a new one after moving away from my parents.
I can’t risk looking for a new one because the supply is so low and I have a prescription which doctors refuse to make refillable. I need to get it re-prescribed every 90 days, even though I’ve been taking it at the same dosage for like 5 years now
I’m in the same boat. My doctor is on the other side of the city but I don’t dare lose him because I need him to constantly refill an important prescription that really should just be infinite because I have to take it for the rest of my life. Thankfully I can do a lot of it by phone now which takes a lot of hassle off both of us.
Yeah I haven’t interacted with this doctor in literally a couple of years, but every time I call the pharmacy to refill me, the pharmacist faxes my doc, and lo and behold, the new script arrives. No idea why they can’t just make it refillable. No doctor will do it though.
Stimulants? My doc tells me he has to be paranoid because basically if they found out that anyone took a single dose of amphetamine for fun, he would lose his license. Any other drugs, here, have a sack of them and a lifetime supply of renewals. But not stimulants.
Yeah ADHD meds
Half hour drive from mine assuming no traffic. All appointments are at least a week out, usually 2
I’m in QC and on the waiting list for 10 years. What is a family doctor? It’s unknown here. And even if you have one you cannot see him before 3 or 4 weeks, so you go to the ER or private doctor
No doctor going on 6 years. The CLSC nurses have always seen me within a week; then I get an RV with a specialist within 3 weeks.
Would a doctor be nice? Yes. Does the CLSC system work for me? Also yes.
I’m guessing this varies wildly based on CLSC though.
Magistral BS. There is no 10 years waiting list FYI but since you’re allegedly on the list it would take you 36 hours to see a doctor following the GAP procedure and not 3 or 4 weeks as you say. You gotta be an impetuous out of province newcomer lost in and Québec bashing for no reason but justifying your ignorance.
Since you’re Frenchie L’immigrant here is an article dated 2021 about Québec’s family doctor waiting list:
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/08/02/599-jours-dattente-pour-avoir-son-medecin-de-famille
Dis ce que tu veux mon ami, mais je suis inscrit au “guichet accès santé” depuis que ça existe, et je n’ai jamais eu de médecins de famille.
My doctor retired and I didn’t get the email until weeks later. By then the replacement was full up, so yeah, no healthcare for me unless it’s at the ER.
So like… Where are they all? Is there still a brain drain to the US?
Interesting to get to know one in Victoria. I found a family doctor within days of searching in Vancouver, so I have been assuming this is a big city x small city disparity, but if someone has been waiting 3 years in Victoria then there’s something else at play?
