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'My family doctor just fired me': Ontario patients frustrated with de-rostering
Dozens of Ontarians are expressing frustration in the province’s health-care system after their family doctors either dropped them as patients or threatened to after they sought urgent care elsewhere. Nearly 100 people contacted CTV News Toronto over several days in response to a callout for personal experiences with the process known as “de-rostering.” Many said that they had no idea that they could be dropped as patients and only found out about it after they visited another clinic for...
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Family doctors face pressure to prescribe ADHD drugs
Family doctors say they are coming under increasing pressure from parents to send their children for ADHD tests, even though the doctors do not think it is necessary, according to research by Groningen teaching hospital and youth care organisation Accare. A survey of 900 doctors, which was part of the research, showed that nine out of 10 family doctors have felt pressurised by parents and schools to prescribe the medication for children who don’t have the disorder. Some 34% of
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Faqiri family calls out Ontario government for lack of action on inquest recommendations
Five months after a coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail, his family said Thursday the province has failed to implement any of the dozens of recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future. In December, jurors at the inquest into the death of Soleiman Faqiri issued 57 recommendations meant to improve oversight of the correctional service and access to mental health care for those in it. Jurors also ruled Faqiri's death on Dec. 15, 2016,...