in order to find a family doctor in Canada you may need to rely on some of your personal connections. Ask your co-workers, neighbours, etc.
If you have a significant other who is already in Canada, you may say that you are her/his future husband/wife. With this his/her family doctor has the obligation to take you.
One pieace of advice. have a family doctor that is somehow "young". If your doctor is about to retire, you will have the same problem very soon
In Ontario you must consult first your family doctor. He/She will refer you to the proper especialist. If you know of a good walk in clinic, you may try that as well
I finally found a family doctor that is accepting new patients, however my visits were a nightmare i visited the doctor twice to get a general health and to date i have to schedule a 3rd appointment, my 1st appointment was to complete my file(name address and purpose of visit-10 mins), then i was asked to schedule another appointment for the health check, on the 2nd appointment a pap smear was done (10 mins) and i was asked to schedule another appointment for the health check .... how long does it take to complete a general health check in Toronto??? I'm assuming i will have to get urine & blood tests done does this mean i have to schedule separate appointments for each of these tests.... If i was seriously ill i would be dead by the time this doctor discovered my illness. I'm appalled at the way these doctors operate here, I'm new to canada , just started a job and i can't get time off for every visit...is this the norm or am i being pushed aroung here???
I am a new immigrant here.. I can't believe in a country such as Canada, Its HARD to find a family doctor! Where can i get one that accepts new patients?
Does the government know this? and still continue to have new immigrants?
if you know a patient of a doctor well, the patient can refer you to the doc. Also, if you are tne spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend of a patient, that person can also refer you and the docto will make an "exception". It works!
I'm looking for a family doctor in Toronto and I'm suprised how much of a difficuult task this is. Is there anybody who is recommended? I would prefer a female doctor, no offense to the males, but because I'm a female, I think no one better understands a woman's body than a female doctor. Are there any recommended ones (that will take new patients)?
My wife is a landing immigrant since 1 month, unfortunately she got the kidney infection 3 weeks ago. With antibiodic she is getting better, but she still feels pain when getting a little tired. I would like to find a family doctor for her, does anybody know a family doctor accepting new patients in Ottawa area?
Thanks a lot
Just because you are "100% Canadian do you think you deserve better and prompt medical attention in relation to someone who recently landed in Canada? Next time you fall ill, remember that disease does not discriminate and you might just find yourself sicker than your "new immigrrant" counterparts. Keep well, eh?
I am also 100% Canadian. Moved to TO as I am pretty sick and contagious, keep loosing jobs as other people get it. My doctor at home did nothing never even sent me to the proper specialist. Now I cant find a doctor. Great the cycle continues. Went to the emergency 7 times in a week and a half. All they say is you are putting us at risk. People say go to the clinic, they need my local doctors referral. The point before I believe was that a lot of immigrants come here just for the health care. a lot have doctors before they even step off the plane. Guess what folks I have been working full time since 15 paid taxes all the way. how many years have these people paid? I can see if they are sick etc. Otherwise they should have to wait like us. Meanwhile I will just keep calling and try my best to never have any fun or contact with anyone. Mabey I should move to a different country and come back as an immigrant. It would probably be faster.
Unfortunately the shortage has led to some doctors treating their patients like crap!! Over the last 2 years I went to the same semi-retired doctor complaining of shortness of breadth and chest pains--this he diagnosed as stress. Turns out I have asthma!!!! Diagnosis was in the hospital emergency on Monday. On Thursday I saw my family doctor and gave him all the documents/test results and told him I'm now on inhalers. He had the gaul to get mad at me for taking inhalers and saying I had asthma. He listened to my lungs and said "YOU DON'T HAVE ASTHMA. THE AIR IS GOING THRU PERFECTLY FINE!!!" Well, for 2 years I wasn't able to take a deep breadth and fill my lungs, and for the first time on Monday I was finally able to breathe. I also had a recurring yeast infection for over 5 months for which I made repeated visits to his office, which he could not diagnose. He referred me to my gyno who within ONE minute diagnosed yeast infection, and the proper course of treatment. Also, I'm severely anemic and he told me the blood results are normal. I finally went to a hospital emerg and they ran a ton of blood test and ECG. Based on an abnormal ECG reading, enlarged heart and the left side working much harder than normal, and my blood tests being abnormal in so many areas I went back to him and presented him with all the info. He looked me straight in the eye and told me not to ask any questions, he is he doctor and there is nothing wrong with me beside the fact I am MORBIDLY OBESE. I would be the first to acknowledge I am not skinny, but a size 16/18 on a 5'8" frame does not render me morbidly obese. He refused to answer any questions and was beligerent, pompous and beyond rude. Needless to say I immediately called all the doctors in the yellowpages close to my area, based on tel# and found one. Upon examination of the test results from the hospital, he confirmed that I am not well and definitely in need of additional tests, which should have been done a long time ago.
I haven't managed to find a family doctor yet and the cpso is seriously out of date. One of the Dr.s on their list is only a plastic surgeon. Don't bother with anyone Mt. Sinai- they aren't taking new patients. I certainly didn't find that out by anyone returning my phone calls however!
I'm so frustrated! Walk-in clinics seem only to do what they can to keep each visit as short as possible - they're fine if you just want a prescription refill, will only deal with a single 'issue' at a time, or referral to a specialist (good luck there too - another waiting game mystery). I haven't had a proper physical in over four years now...
Michael Moore's movie about Canada being great for healthcare is just bull...
I've been trying to get a family doctor... why is it so difficult? I visited one a while ago, and the receptionist said they are not taking new patients.... Don't they get paid by getting patients?
If anyone knows where to go, can you please reply. I am in the Toronto Central Area.
Here I found a great SITE where you can find a Family Doctor. I Haven't tried the Names and Numbers I collected to find out if they are actually updated... I will keep you posted on my findings. Also view their credentials -very helpful-
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario 80 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2E2
Hello,
I am a news reporter looking for someone who needs a doctor. I am doing a new story and we can't describe how badly we need doctors without someone who is looking for one. I am in Ottawa so anyone in the Ottawa area of surrounding rural areas who is looking for a doctor, please email me!
I hope to hear from you and hopefully together we can increase the number of doctors accepting new patients. Thanks!
You need urgent meical attention.I beleive you better seek a" cychologist" because you and people like you are mentally ill.Their is a saying in Chiness" Burn the bridge when you cross the bridge" .The sick people like you forgot that your ancestors were immigrants too.
NO SOMO SEXACTAMENTE UN DOCTOR PERO SI TENEMOS LAS SOLUCIONES PAR ACUALQUIER PROBLEMA, ADEMAS SON DE FACIL ACCESO ECONOMICO Y CON MUY BUENA GARANTIA Y RESULTADOS.
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This shortage of family doctors sucks. The only time I ever had a family doctor who could even smile & remember my name was back @ university because our uni had a doctor's oofice.
Since then I have met doctors who dont give u the time of the day & maybe they should try investment banking if they are aftrer the $$ & dont care abt what they do.
Also, if Canada switched to a one degree system we would have more doctors. This two degree system is idiotic. UK has a one degree system You can start studying medicine @ 19 right after Alevels.
Hi
I had to leave canada 5 months ago after my brother had a car accident that kept him in a coma for 3 months. however, I turned out to be pregnant after I left canada and now I'm 6 month pregnant and I intend to go back to toronto but no obstetrician would take unless I was referred by a family doctor who should have checked on me starting week 3. and to make things worse, my family doctor had a stroke and stopped practicing. So does anyone have a clue how can I sort out this problem??
When I was applying for immigration to Canada, the Canadaina embassy in India made us all go thru so much rigourous medical tests and whatnot that we thought may be Canada has the best health care system there. However when we landed here , to our surprise we could not even see a doctor even after paying hefty premiums of the Health cards. Strange enough we went to the walk-in clininc where the doctor did see my wife who was havin stomach pain, and she just took less than 100 seconds for her to refer us for some tests - which were X-RAY and ULTRASOUND. More surprising when we called the clininc they said we have to wait a month for getting these two things done as we were in waiting list. God knows how we felt like kicking this country. Then when the pain became miserable someone suggested we go to emergency in an hospital. We sat for 7 hours and by that time my wife was like dying. One lady doctor keeping an eye on waiting patients (in case someone is about to die) came to check and said that my wife will live so wait more.
That was it, I did shout at her and told her to tell her stupid govt to import more doctors than carpenters and refugees. I paid cash t get the next avaialble flight back to India where in a matter of hours we got into the world highest class MAX hospital and in minutes they diagnosed her and my wife was perfect in a few days. When they advertise about Canada immigration they claim world highest health care system and best hospitals and all free for immigrants, they are propagating fraud. Canada has worst healthcare system even below some under developed countries. I have lived in many countries and have seen persoanlly the level of expertise. Canada has under qualified doctors, no accessable healthcare, high premiums in many states, and above all costly medicines in whole world.Indian medical system is at least 50 times superiror than the present Canadian system and its better than US today. I am surrendering my PR status back to this country which caused me so much loss of money and pain. I strongly advise others as well to stay away from this country if you are making considerable good in your home country as you cannot make more than $3000-4000 a month max (majority even less than half of that) and you pay 605 of that towards rent and bills and in the end you are struggling hand to mouth.Over this you dont have any doctors.
To hell with Canada, I am out.
I agree with the above comment, the situation in Canada is ridiculous. My husband and I have lived in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and now here and this is by far the worst we've experienced. By the time, if you're lucky, you do see a doctor any specialists etc you might need to see will be many many more months of wait-times. My husband and I realized very quickly that if either of us were to ever become seriously ill we would need to leave Canada to obtain prompt medical care elsewhere. Thankfully as citizens of elsewhere we still have this option, whereas my guess is many Canadians sadly don't.
I'm also appalled with how Canada is run in general. It would seem that no matter how hard you work, very little will ever be achieved. Most of your earnings will end up right back with the government as I don't think either of us has ever experienced quite as many taxes and regulations as there are here. From our short experience in this country it would appear that life, if we stayed, will always be a struggle until of course we died of some misdiagnosed disease without medical care and probably in a run-down under-staffed emergency room. It seems to me that Canadians who have never lived in another country must put up with this nightmare because they don't know any better. Otherwise what else can explain them all staying and putting up with this?? There are third world countries with better quality of life than Canada!
I'm sad to say our experience here has meant we will be moving south of the border as soon we have our US employment sorted out. Because, while healthcare might seem more expensive in the US, the taxes in Canada mean its ultimately far more costly to work and live here (the wages are insanely low in Canada) and at least in the states you can find a doctor. You can also find sun and a beach!!
I always thought Canadians are very kind and welcoming people. But I can't understand Mindy's comment. Canada is build upon immigration. Where would Canada be without their immigrants? And you want to treat them differently than yourself. How crual is that? Don't we all deserve proper medical attention?
Dude BlahBlah, Are you serious when you said "this country is so successful"? Successful in what? Economy?Weaponary?Politics?Culture? It's a failure by opening to anyone who can pay $100K.
"You're 100% Canadian and you still can't spell?
Immigrants are the reason why this country is successful. They're EDUCATED, PROFESSIONAL, AND HARDWORKING, unlike your lazy ass!BlahBlah"
