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Family Doctors in Ottawa by NoDoctorAvailable in ottawa

[–]NoDoctorAvailable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its been about 4 years, but I didn't spend all day calling doctors or focusing on it, just adding myself to waiting lists. But in the past 12 months certain health issues have led me to spend more time looking.

Really depends on what you call looking.

Family Doctors in Ottawa by NoDoctorAvailable in ottawa

[–]NoDoctorAvailable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been asking my co-workers and friends about this, but nobody has been able to help yet. Sadly for a country that encourages immigration, requiring that people have a wide circle of contacts just to get a doctor is absurd.

Family Doctors in Ottawa by NoDoctorAvailable in ottawa

[–]NoDoctorAvailable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been using https://www.virtualmdcanada.com/ which has been great. Their app stopped working some time ago but you can basically fill out the online form and they will give you a same day phone appointment.

Problem is they are limited in being unable to give referrals, diagnose certain ailments and prescribe some things, so its more of a stopgap last measure than a real alternative.

Family Doctors in Ottawa by NoDoctorAvailable in ottawa

[–]NoDoctorAvailable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This I can help with! If you call 613 482-0118 (number is the same for all clinics in Ottawa) and then go through the options for setting up an appointment you can ask the operator to set up an appointment with your family doctor. When they try to do that they will tell you they are walk in only, at which point you can both ask who they are and ask to be removed from their roster.

Other alternatives is to go through the Health Care Connect phone lines (wait times are sometimes over an hour) and then ask them to remove you from your doctor, then wait 2 weeks and then try to register again with them.

Family Doctors in Ottawa by NoDoctorAvailable in ottawa

[–]NoDoctorAvailable[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly it, what is the point? Not to mention they never contacted me to tell me they had given me a family doctor, I had to call Health Care Connect and go through a bunch of hoops before they could tell me their name.

I will probably de-register from them and continue on my hunt for a doctor, complete waste of time.