A family care centre in central Newfoundland is missing a critical component: doctors – CBC

The centre was designed to help the town’s residents who don’t have family doctors.

Jun 24, 2024

Last October, a new family care centre opened to provide relief for central Newfoundland residents without family doctors.

Seven months later, the Grand Falls-Windsor centre is operating — but the positions for the much-needed family physicians are vacant.

More than 4,000 of the town’s residents are without a family doctor.

Mayor Barry Manuel estimates that between 10 and 15 per cent of local residents eligible for the town’s family care centre have been onboarded.

“If you do the math, you’re looking at years before they can connect with a family doctor, which is really unacceptable, and an alarming statistic,” Manuel said.

He worries that some residents’ health is becoming compromised, and they don’t know.

“You got people in this community and in the region who are going with health-care issues that are undiagnosed and untreated,” Manuel said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/family-care-centre-without-doctors-nl-1.7239151