Family doctors in rural northeastern Ontario say emergency rooms are at higher risk than ever of closure this fall. However, in rural communities in the north, family doctors have their own clinics and are also responsible for providing emergency care. Dr. Anjali Oberai of Wawa, Ont., says she and her husband will be the only family doctors in the community in September after a colleague leaves. That will leave her and her husband as the only two family doctors in that community, where there are meant to be seven doctors. "Often, many family doctors are sacrificing their family medicine clinic time in order to support that."

Source: CBC News August 21, 2023 18:18 UTC