Ontario patients visiting emergency rooms out of fear of being booted by family doctor
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It was a busy night in the emergency department of a hospital in London, Ont., and Jennefer Muir, a registered nurse of 16 years, was working the triage desk when a mother came in with an ear-infected child. “I asked them why they didn't go to their family doctor, why they didn't go to a walk-in clinic and they stated that their family doctor was currently away And they had been told in the past that if they go to a walk-in clinic or the urgent care centre, they'll be taken off the roster...

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