return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 days agoNon-Americans, what's it like when you're sick and need to go to the doctor?message-squaremessage-square189linkfedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1216arrow-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 · 19 days agomessage-square189linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRainbowblite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·17 days 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-up3·17 days agoI think this is why they went the urgent care route now after closing clinics.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-217 days agoHow do you lose a family doctor? Like, they quit?
minus-squareRainbowblite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days 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.