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What Kamloops’s new family practice learning centre means to the city’s doctor shortage
KAMLOOPS – More patients without a family doctor in Kamloops will soon be connected with…
More than 5,000 Kamloops residents have been given a primary care provider
KAMLOOPS – Thousands of Kamloops residents have now been connected to a family doctor or…
More than 6,000 Kamloops residents remain on primary care waitlist
KAMLOOPS – With thousands of Kamloops residents still waiting for a family doctor, it looks…
Walk-in Clinics of B.C. launching petition for more family doctors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A petition will be launched this week, calling on the provincial government to…
The reason this Vernon woman was ‘dumped’ by her family doctor
VERNON – We often hear about how difficult it is to get a family doctor,…
Two family doctors leaving Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The city is about to lose two more doctors after a husband and wife team announced they’ll be leaving their North Shore practice. Last week the Aspen Medical Centre notified its patients that family doctor Arshad Mahmood and his wife Dr. Ambreen Bushra would be relocating, leaving solely Dr. Howie at the practice....
Residency program launches for new doctors at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - New doctors in Kamloops can complete their entire post-grad training in Kamloops, since the new family practice residency site has launched at Royal Inland Hospital. “Training family practitioners here in Kamloops gives them an opportunity to discover this great region and they will hopefully return for their practice careers,” said Health Minster Terry...
Sound off: How hard is it to find a family doctor?
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Region Division of Family Practice wants to know how hard it is to find a doctor in our region and is asking people to fill out a short survey to help gather your thoughts. The survey is part of the G.P. for Me program, a provincial initiative to help match the...