Just looking at the broad stroke numbers of what it was like for me starting out as a family doctor in the 1990s compared with today—it makes no financial sense for a new MD to pick family medicine.
Matthew Mukash, 72, a former grand chief of the Grand Council of Crees in Quebec, received treatment but remained in the ER hallway after being admitted to hospital—a common situation in Quebec’s overtaxed emergency rooms.
As a medical student, I always admired my classmates’ ability to create clinical vignettes that succinctly captured the essence of a patient’s condition.
Montreal family physician Dr. Raymond Brière also refused to provide a referral to a doctor who had experience with gender-affirming procedures, according to the Collège des médecins du Québec.