In the midst of a critical family doctor shortage about a thousand Mississauga patients are scrambling to find a new physician. Their doctor can’t take it anymore, she says she spends more time on “unsustainable” admin than on seeing her patients. - Di tengah kekurangan dokter keluarga yang kritis, sekitar seribu pasien Mississauga berebut mencari dokter baru. Dokter mereka tidak tahan lagi, katanya dia menghabiskan lebih banyak waktu untuk admin yang “tidak berkelanjutan” daripada menemui pasiennya.
February 14, 2024 9:00 am. Ontario is in the midst of a critical shortage of family doctors, and one more is leaving the profession, meaning her roughly 1,000 patients will join the millions of residents looking for primary care. Mississauga physician Dr. Fan-Wah Mang tells CityNews there are multiple reasons she has decided to shut her practice down on May 31. “I’m simply burnt out. I’m physically and mentally exhausted,” said Dr. Mang. She has been a family doctor for 29 years and hoped to work for up to 10 more years. Dr. Mang said it’s not the patients that have her burnt out, it’s the paperwork. “I’m overburdened by too much administrative work. I have an inbox, I probably read over 100 reports a day,” explained Dr. Mang. “It’s just unsustainable if I have to be on the computer until midnight every night, all day Saturday, all day Sunday. It would be nice to have dinner with my family.” She spends up to 25 hours per week alone on lab reports, x-ray results, and lately on processin...