When my Ontario Health Insurance card became valid last week, I stopped by the family medical clinic at Toronto Western Hospital to make an appointment to consult with a doctor (upon recommendation from a friend who goes there). Because I’m a new patient, the first appointment I could get for a “meet and greet” was May 30 — which of course I can’t attend. But the next available appointment I could get was June 6, a week later. The “meet and greet” is more like a registration, and I have to get my records from BC transferred over before the actual consultation with a doctor — who knows when that will be?
June 6 seems like a long ways off (three weeks?), but I’m looking for another medical clinic that can take me sooner. I don’t want to do a drop-in, I’m looking for a clinic and a GP where I can return to without having to transfer medical records and not always be classified as a new patient. The search continues, but at least I’ve got that appointment at Toronto Western.
