CBC: Dartmouth Pain Clinic closing after losing both doctors
Dartmouth Pain Clinic closing after losing both doctors
People suffering chronic pain now face two-year wait-list for appointment at Halifax Pain Clinic
By Jon Tattrie, CBC News
"Dartmouth residents already struggle to access primary care and that another family doctor retired this month, leaving some 4,500 people without a doctor.
Chender said losing the pain clinic could make it harder to recruit family physicians to the area, as family doctors often rely on specialists like those at the pain clinic to deal with complex cases.
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She said the two-year wait-list in Halifax showed it was a "crisis situation" in many parts of the health system.
"'For … these patients who live with really extreme chronic pain, what are the alternatives? If they can't find a prescribing doctor and they can't get a referral, the alternatives for that are very scary,"' she said."
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