Charlottetown family doctor shuttering medical practice Sept. 15
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Hundreds of Charlottetown residents may very well be with no household physician come September.
One month after asserting he could be scaling again his medical follow attributable to “pressures on the healthcare system,” Dr. Paul Corney revealed that he will probably be resigning from his Charlottetown follow as of Sept. 15.
“I’ve invested every part into this medical follow over the previous 13 years, and I’ve tried each appreciable route over the previous 12 months to keep away from my departure,” wrote Corney in his resignation letter on his website.
Corney mentioned he tried to rent NPs, different physicians, and even medical assistants, however there isn’t a assist accessible.
“Over the previous 12 months I tried to decelerate, however the wants of my sufferers don’t decelerate, so the result’s much more stress on my diminished accessible time,” he added.
“I’m burnt out and should step away from household drugs.”
He additionally famous his 3,400 sufferers with pre-booked appointments main as much as Sept. 15 will probably be honoured, and that Well being P.E.I. could be dealing with the distribution of his private and allied workers shoppers to the right well being channels following his departure.
All affected person blood work will probably be redirected to QEH upon request, in addition to all INR testing to the INR provincial service.
Corney famous he would nonetheless be taking up prescription refills with the right info from corresponding pharmacies.
Lastly, he informed sufferers that Well being P.E.I. will probably be liable for the medical data of all former sufferers, which is able to nonetheless be maintained at his Charlottetown workplace and may be accessed by calling 902-894-8806.
