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NDP call for better funding for primary care as 1,600 Toronto patients lose family doctor

Bell says 1,600 patients in downtown Toronto are now without care after their family doctor left to work in an exclusive medical clinic.

Published Feb 16, 2024 at 6:15pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
NDP call for better funding for primary care as 1,600 Toronto patients lose family doctor

NDP MPP Jessica Bell and former patients at Taddle Creek Family Health speaking at Queen's Park this Friday. (Barbara Patrocinio/QP Briefing)

NDP MPP Jessica Bell is calling on the Ford government to fund primary care after a family doctor left 1,600 patients in downtown Toronto to join a private medical clinic.

Bell said these patients recently learned that the doctor had quit her family practice, Taddle Creek Family Health, to move to an executive health medical clinic called MD Direct.

“There was no doctor available to take up these patients at Taddle Creek Family Health, so they had to go out on their own.” Bell said.

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