@roxiesmom13 I don’t know where you live, but here in Ontario, Canada, there is a shortage of doctors everywhere too, even in major cities like Toronto.

We don’t have a general physician here yet, but by word of mouth we found out last month that a physician will be taking new patients in a few weeks so we didn’t waste time in getting and filling out registration forms for that medical clinic. Hopefully we will have a physician by June or July, but in the meantime, our physicians in Toronto are available to us for virtual appointments and prescription renewals.

Fortunately my husband and I already were given referrals to specialists here before we got here, by our specialists in Toronto. Specialists are the most important to get right away as one cannot see a specialist in Canada without a referral from a family physician or another specialist. One of the downsides of government health insurance … too many rules and regulations.