Let it be

A friend told me that her doctor was accepting new patients and that he was rather [ahem] free with signing and prescribing things. I called. He's taking new patients, yes, but not until July.

I was advised to look up GPs taking new patients on the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons website. There were a couple. Except most of them weren't actually GPs... One was a mental health specialist. One was a sleep specialist. Two appeared to be plain old family doctors, and they worked at the same office. I called. Yes, they're taking new patients. In June.

Really. What, are they waiting for their old patients to die or something? Good grief!

Somebody else told me about the family clinic at Mount Sinai. The doctors don't take new patients, but the residents do. I can get myself a family doctor. Well, a doctor-in-training at any rate. Whatever. That'll do.

I left a message for them to call me back. Hopefully they will. I doubt they'll agree to sign the form, but at least I'll have a doctor.

Update:
The clinic called me back. I have an appointment to see my new family doctor-in-training. I made the next appointment open to new patients: the 3rd of June.