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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college says

2.5M people in Ontario now without family doctor

Published Jul 11, 2024 at 6:42pm

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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college says
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Rushville, Ill., on October 30, 2012. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Roberson

The Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor.

The college says that's an increase of more than 160,000 people since the last count was released six months ago.

A separate study also shows that another 670,000 people in Ontario have a family doctor but need to travel more than 50 kilometres to see them.

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