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Where are the Solutions?

    My daughter needed to get a prescription filled this month (thank Creator – she is not sick); but she couldn’t get to her doctor (specialist).    She has two months left of the medication but the doctor’s appointment isn’t before 6 months.   So we decided to visit a local clinic and see a GP (general practitioner) in order to get a new prescription.   Would you believe that most clinics were full up by 9:00am which means that they couldn’t take in more patients.   They were FULL for the day. I was told that patients line up outside the clinic between 6:00 and 8:00am, rain or shine. The clinic only opens at 8:30. The CLSC will actually refuse you if you are not from the region.   Now let me paint you a picture --- not being from the region implies for these people that you are not from the two towns that they’ve chosen to give services to.   In actuality the region is composed of 5 towns that were recently reunited together by the Government because they thought it would be eas...