Quebec's Family Doctor Crisis: Ethics vs. Bonuses

0:00Quebec's family doctor crisis just hit a snag with ethical red flags. The head of the College of Physicians, Dr. Marielle Goddrow, is calling out a new deal between the province and family docs to sign up 500,000 patients by June 30. The push includes 180,000 vulnerable folks with serious health issues, but a memo from the docs' federation seems to push. Prioritizing so-called true orphans over patients already linked to group clinics. This agreement shakes up Dr. Pay with bigger bonuses for attaching patients to one specific doc instead of a group medical setup. That could leave fragile patients and groups hanging without the steady care they need, since groups spread the load across multiple physicians. Doctors managing wait lists are the ones who blew the whistle to the college, saying it clashes with ethics rules that demand priority-based purely on. Medical need not bonus cash. Section 63 of the Physician Code makes a clear and has got folks uncomfortable about picking and choosing. The federation wants to sit down with the college to hash it out,

1:02while health minister Sonia Belanger insists vulnerable group patients will get. Individual care ethically, but Goddrow says no tweaks to wait list rules have hit yet. As talks ramp up between the groups, the real test is keeping vulnerable patients front and center in this rush to fill spots. Eyes stay glued on. How? It plays out for those who need it most. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Canada News today. AI-powered local news.