More than 540,000 Quebecers have been connected to a family doctor through the province's registry to find a general practitioner (GAMF) — but thousands have been refused for one reason or another. While doctors reserve the right to not take on more patients, Quebecers who are initially refused are put back on the registry and keep their priority. He said he was told he had been matched with a family doctor that same month. This reason accounts for 37 per cent of recorded refusals registered between April 10, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017. All patients who registered for GAMF by December 2017 should have a family doctor by Easter, he said.

Source: CBC News February 18, 2018 23:48 UTC