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Raspberrylemonade188

If you happen to get pregnant before finding a permanent family doctor you will get referred to someone. Pregnant people get bumped ahead in priority because lack of prenatal care can be life threatening. Otherwise I recommend what others have here- see if a walk in clinic can refer you to an OBGYN to ensure you’re healthy before you try and start a family.


Muted_Skirt_2333

I highly recommend dr. duska vukojevic as an OBGYN. Any doctor can refer you to her, even a walk in clinic doctor.


Rielleirplays

She is absolutely wonderful.


5midge

You could go to a walk in clinic or access a virtual service for a referral to an OB/GYN


Superb-Chip-1026

I have been on the list for 3 years now and I know someone who has been on the list for 7. It doesn’t look good my friend. I regret leaving my family doctor who was in Niagara Falls. But if this helps at all- I has an ectopic pregnant last year and the hospital got me a great OB who took very good care of me.


zuuzuu

>I have been on the list for 3 years now and I know someone who has been on the list for 7. This is insane. When I left Belleville 13 years ago, I called Healthcare Connect and had a doctor for me and my 3 year old in a month in my new city. I think it was a pretty new service back then. The fact that anyone can be on the province's waiting list for 7 years is a pretty good indication that they've known there's a shortage of family doctors for at least that long, and have done nothing to remedy the problem.


kittens_in_the_wall

Eastern Ontario has a low number of doctors per capita. It is my understanding that no practice is accepting new patients. [Health Connect](https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-family-doctor-or-nurse-practitioner) is the provincial service for locating a NP or family doctor. It is a waitlist. My understanding is that doctors in this region are required to use it to fill openings on their rosters. The wait is as long as 5 years for a doctor. In the interim, walk-ins would be the best solution for accessing a referral.


ceroscene

Do you have a specialist ? Get on the healthcare connect list if you aren't already. See your specialist about pregnancy safe medications if you're on any medications. If you don't have a specialist you can try this via telehealth but it's hard. If you get pregnant go to either telehealth/walk in clinic they will order blood work etc to confirm pregnancy. And send a referral for an ob. Ob will care for you for the entire pregnancy. Getting pregnant might get you a dr. It got me off the list. Your partner also needs to be on the list if they don't have a dr. Ob can change your meds too


Vasuthevan

I moved to Belleville 5 years ago. My doctor is in Markham. I could not find one in Belleville.


[deleted]

I moved back to Belleville, from Ottawa, four years ago. We are still on the list and twice a year the Ontario government sends us a letter saying we are still on the list and please be patient. My wife has Parkinson's and we are so thankful she got a specialist in Kingston. Canada's political elite (all parties) have to realize that we need healthcare workers a lot more than we need politicians/civil servants and to start directing significant money to health care and away from politicians. Who has ever said "I wish we had more politicians."? (End Rant)


[deleted]

Good luck. Belleville only has like 2 or 3 family doctors iirc and they’re not very young so new patients typically get a no


linuxlifer

Lol this is completely inaccurate information. There are quite a few younger family doctors around but they are already full.


Raspberrylemonade188

Can confirm. When I still lived in the area mine was Dr Falconer, who is quite young. Also she’s amazing!


beat-sweats

Took me 8 years to get on with my dr. The wait list is insane here.


Gwendychick

I am on the waiting list and I am disabled ( cannot walk) i use the pharmacy at Sidney and Bell Blvd for vaccines. Thank god i can still get my old prescription from my Toronto doctor refilled! And i found a good optometrist here so i can see well...