OMA Letter to the Editor
The Toronto Sun

Family health teams a better way

The Toronto Sun
Sat 24 May 2008
Page: 18
Section: Editorial/Opinion
Column: Letters to the Editor

Re: "Chronic disease care fails" (May 21): The Ontario Health Quality

WE NEED MORE DOCTORS

Council reveals that thousands of patients with chronic diseases are not getting access to the care they need and as a result suffer serious health consequences. Having access to a family doctor is a key element to helping patients manage their illness. Ontario's doctors and the provincial government have made progress in getting more patients access to a family doctor, but there are still 850,000 adults and children who don't have a family doctor. We must remain diligent in our efforts. There must be enough doctors for each and every person in Ontario, because people who don't think they need a doctor today could find themselves in search of one tomorrow. Ontario doctors will continue to advocate for people of all ages to increase access to a family doctor and to the resources needed to keep them healthy.

DR. KEN ARNOLD
PRESIDENT OF THE ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

(Sounds good to us, and probably to ER docs, too) LET US DECIDE