return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoNon-Americans, what's it like when you're sick and need to go to the doctor?message-squaremessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1218arrow-down1message-squareNon-Americans, what's it like when you're sick and need to go to the doctor?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square189fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRainbowblite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoCanada Wait 7 years to get a family doctor. Wait 3 months to get an actual appointment. Lose family doctor. Rinse and repeat.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think this is why they went the urgent care route now after closing clinics.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoHow do you lose a family doctor? Like, they quit?
minus-squareRainbowblite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoUsually, they move away or switch from family medicine to something else.
Canada
Wait 7 years to get a family doctor. Wait 3 months to get an actual appointment. Lose family doctor. Rinse and repeat.
I think this is why they went the urgent care route now after closing clinics.
How do you lose a family doctor? Like, they quit?
Usually, they move away or switch from family medicine to something else.