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Physician recruitment could dominate Stratford City Council meeting

Physician recruitment is expected to be a large part of Stratford City Council’s next regular meeting.

Several officials from the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, including President and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Williams, have requested to address council at their meeting Monday night on the issue.

Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson tweeted out Sunday in response to a tweet that Stratford needs a walk-in clinic that “according to the HPHA, all the physicians who have left our area have been absorbed by other local doctors and there are 585 Stratford residents registered to Health Care Connect as being without a family physician.”

Mathieson adds that “a new doctor coming to Stratford in September will absorb most people off Health Care Connect as well as others wanting a local doctor” and that “once the physician arrives, according to the Stratford General Hospital, that the city will be at our full compliment as approved by the government.”

He also says that SGH has stated that “family health teams are working and that a walk-in clinic is not necessary.”

Tonight’s meeting starts at 7 p.m. and it’s open to the public.

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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