Hundreds wait for chance to get doctor in Kingston, Ont.
Shane Gibson, Global News
Posted February 28, 2024 5:02 pm
Updated February 29, 2024 11:56 am
Hundreds of people lined up in the cold and rain outside a Kingston health clinic for hours Wednesday morning, desperate to find a doctor.
It marked the second day this week a line stretched for blocks outside CDK Family Medicine and Walk-In Clinic on Sutherland Drive after the clinic announced it would be accepting new patients.
Prospective patients who filled out a re-registration form online were told to come to the clinic to “roster” starting Monday.
After seeing a line that stretched three blocks Monday afternoon, Dylan Beltrami decided to wait for a better chance at getting in.
The 19-year-old was among the first in line Wednesday morning after getting to the clinic at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday and camping out overnight.
“I’ve had to wait now since September to see someone about medical issues,” said Beltrami, who has been without a doctor since last year.
“Getting a family doctor can speed things up for sure because even the hospital had said without a family doctor I’m looking at two years to get things looked at.”
An ongoing doctor shortage in Kingston has left tens of thousands of people without a primary care provider.
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