Canada's health crisis deepens

 

 

Canada's health crisis deepens. Hundreds of people have lined up outside a health clinic in Kanata, near Ottawa, to see a new doctor. In a region with a severe shortage of doctors, many have waited in line for hours to see a new family doctor. The line had formed long before the clinic opened in the morning. The incident is a direct reflection of how serious the country's growing shortage of health workers has become.

The influx of people to the clinic came as news of the new doctors spread. Many who shared their grief over not having a regular doctor to see them said that getting a doctor was like winning the lottery. This situation, where even basic health care is not available, exposes the huge crisis facing Canada's health system. People are demanding that more doctors be urgently hired and that local health systems be strengthened.