Sackville has a new collaborative care clinic. Now it just needs doctors.
Patients on the waiting list for Horizon’s new primary care clinic based in Sackville are stressed out.
The new clinic began operating in September on a “don’t call us, we’ll call you” basis, with triaged lists coming from two local doctors who recently closed their practices. Then a local nurse practitioner who took another position was not replaced, and her patients were added to the prioritized list. Most recently, Horizon says it will also start adding orphaned patients from the recently closed practice of Dr. Adrian Kelly.
That means despite the impressive fact that the two part-time doctors at the clinic (working a combined total of three days per week) have seen more than 700 patients since September, the waiting list for Tantramar’s new primary care clinic is growing, not shrinking.
‘Not knowing is the worst part’
Tracy Lapointe is one of those waiting. The 41-year-old had a cerebellar stroke in November of 2022, and since then has been recovering with the help of her former doctor, Andrea Wall. When Dr. Wall closed her practice this summer, Lapointe was put on the list for Horizon’s new primary care clinic. “I was told that because of my needs with medication and follow up for stroke recovery, that I would be on this list of patients to be seen,” says Lapointe.… Continue