An Edmonton woman’s name was added to the list of thousands of Albertans who can’t find a family doctor after she was notified she lost hers through a lottery. 🧵
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Mona Koch has had the same family doctor for eight years, but in November she received an email informing her that due to changes in her practice, Koch’s doctor would no longer be able to continue providing medical care to her.
Koch, 62, learned that because other doctors left the clinic, her doctor would be taking on some of their patients, forcing her to drop some of her own patients.
“Through a lottery system my name came up and I was no longer going to be her patient,” said Koch. “My doctor said that was the fairest way to do it. Well, that’s no lottery I wanted to win.”
Alberta NDP Health Critic David Shepherd said Koch’s experience is just another example of the chaos the UCP has inflicted on Alberta’s health-care system.
“Over the past three years I’ve heard from thousands of Albertans about how they or their loved ones have been impacted by the chaos the UCP government has caused in our health-care system."
- @DShepYEG
- @DShepYEG
Dozens of rural hospitals continue to see closures because of staff shortages and some parents have been forced to travel to other communities to have their babies delivered because there are no staff available for their obstetric units.
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