A family doctor in Atikokan is among those urging the province to restore physician positions that were recently cut from northern Ontario communities.
Dr. Melanie Rodrigues was responding to a statement from the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and the Ontario Medical Association’s Section on General and Family Practice that called on the province to act immediately to prevent emergency room closures in the region.
The OMA recently partnered with the province on a bilateral review of physician complements in the 38 Ontario communities covered by Rural and Northern Physician Services Group Agreements — a funding model under which doctors agree to collectively provide
