No family doctor? New hotline coming

No, it won't solve the Sault's chronic physician shortage problem. But the Toronto Star has learned that a new provincial government hotline will be introduced next month, aimed at matching patients with doctors who are willing to accept them.

No, it won't solve the Sault's chronic physician shortage problem.

But the Toronto Star has learned that a new provincial government hotline will be introduced next month, aimed at matching patients with doctors who are willing to accept them.

When patients call the new 1-800 number, a Telehealth Ontario employee will record a health history, which will then be used by a nurse to locate an appropriate physician.

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