Doctors with the Ontario College of Family Physicians say remote northern emergency rooms are on the brink of closing this fall. They say there are mounting pressures on rural family doctors and are calling on the province to provide relief.
They are calling on the province to extend a summer incentive program that helped attract visiting doctorsDoctors with the Ontario College of Family Physicians warn that closures of northern emergency rooms could happen more often this fall. They say the shortage of rural family physicians is growing and putting more pressure on existing doctors.
Her community, like many others in the north, rely on visiting doctors called locums to help cover emergency shifts. She added that because of this shortage, she and many of her colleagues elsewhere are forced to make trade-offs. Reade says physically, emotionally and intellectually it's an impossible situation that she and her colleagues can't keep up, meaning they will have to make some tough decisions this fall to protect their own health.
"I don't think any Ontarian is really excited about not being able to access emergency services when they need them as close to home as possible and certainly we are not excited about having to take that step because of the lack of physician coverage."
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