WHAT CAN BE DONE?

FORGET THAT IT’S ABOUT DOCTORS. FORGET THAT IT’S EVEN ABOUT HEALTHCARE. TO HEALTH CARE

ADVOCATES IN TOWNS LIKE CRAPAUD, P.E.I., DIGBY, N.S. OR LEWISPORTE, N.L., IT’S NOTHING LESS THAN A STRUGGLE TO SAVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. PART THREE OF OUR DEEP DIVE INTO THE DOCTOR SHORTAGE DELVES INTO GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO ATTRACT FAMILY PHYSICIANS AND CONSIDERS

A POSSIBLE PRESCRIPTION FROM DOCTORS THEMSELVES.

2,300 +

Long-time physician Henk Visser had that many patients in Crapaud, P.E.I., prior to his retirement in 2017.

7 YEARS

The Concerned Citizens Coalition in Lewisporte, N.L., has been working to establish a new clinic for seven years.

16,780 PEOPLE

That’s the number people in western Nova Scotia without a family doctor.