A cold, dreary, wet morning didn’t cease Peter MacDonald — or any of the opposite two dozen or so individuals — from lining up exterior of Kingston’s CDK Medical Centre Saturday morning.
The centre introduced in February that docs can be taking up new sufferers. It then hosted two “roster days” to fill the vacant spots.
There have been lengthy traces and even longer waits, nonetheless. So, a 3rd session was wanted.
MacDonald, who’s been with out a physician for 3 years, determined to provide it a shot.
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“It’s nice to have somebody that’s actually looking out for the public and… to get people in to get doctors,” he mentioned.
CDK mentioned it has rostered over 600 sufferers thus far via these rostering occasions and hoped so as to add one other 100 on Saturday.
Despite the a lot smaller line ups on Saturday in comparison with these in February, some individuals camped out in a single day prematurely of the occasion. Others arrived as early as 5:30 a.m.
“I was lucky enough that I’m a student at the college but I’m graduating and I’m going to be losing access to that care,” mentioned Jessica Schryer. “And I’m one of the unlucky people… I have a medication that can’t be refilled at a walk-in clinic.”
Like MacDonald, Schryer is searching for a main physician and mentioned she’s skilled problem getting her crucial drugs.
“There’s been days where I’ve been in a bit of an anxious spiral just figuring out, ‘What am I gonna do?” she mentioned.
According to CDK, its purpose is to roster about 4,100 sufferers and has up to now reached simply over half of that focus on.
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Medical clinic hosts third ‘rostering’ event for new patients in Kingston, Ont.
