Global BC - April 15, 2014: It’s a startling stat, an estimated 30,000-40,000 Central Okanagan residents, roughly 20 per cent of the population, are without a family doctor.
That according to Central Okanagan Division of Family Practice, a not-for-profit organization made up of local doctors whose mandate is to improve patient care.
“There is never a day that goes by that I don’t have a number of people asking if I can take them on as a family patient, it’s the same request,” said Kelowna family physician, Dr. Gayle Klammer, “it is a problem.”