# Dizziness for a day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dizziness-for-a-day/954068>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dizziness-for-a-day/954068 "2021-11-09T20:28:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dizziness-for-a-day/954068/21 "2021-11-15T20:30:33Z")

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Not so much bureaucratic BS, but just a severe shortage of doctors that was predictable and the province has done nothing to improve–and several things to make worse.

Still, if I go to a hospital, I will get free–and usually excellent–care.

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**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dizziness-for-a-day/954068/22 "2021-11-16T00:44:12Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Not so much bureaucratic BS, but just **a severe shortage of doctors that was predictable and the province has done nothing to improve** –and several things to make worse.

(bolding mine)  
That’s pretty much exactly what I meant by bureaucratic bullshit.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dizziness-for-a-day/954068/23 "2021-11-16T05:59:55Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> Hari, are you Canadian?
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> The province assigns you a doctor? A 1-year waiting list for the next one? Okay, the American system has a lot of issues, but things like this aren’t among them.

That’s apparently how it works in Quebec. In my province, I’ve never heard of the gov’t assigning a doctor. You shop around clinics to see if you find one accepting new patients. For example, last spring, the clinic I go to had a big sign saying two new doctors had joined the clinic and were accepting new patients.

If you don’t have a personal GP, you just go to a clinic with walk-in services, and see whichever doctor is available that day.

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