A long-standing health-care centre designed to offer primary and specialty care to its patients in Sault Ste. Marie is dropping 10,000 people from its roster by May because of a doctor shortage.
President and CEO of the Group Health Centre, Lil Silvano says the organization was established 60 years ago during a time when OHIP didn’t exist.
Silvano acknowledges the loss of primary care to so many will have a huge impact in the community.
“In a community of our size, it’s definitely concerning that to me,” she said.
“It expands beyond the 10,000. These are individuals, these are our friends, our families, our
