Saskatoon medical clinic Mount Royal Family Physicians (MRFP) is opening up about their frustrations to serve the growing number of patients without a family doctor.

Dr. Rebecca Waley is a family doctor at MRFP, delivers babies at Jim Patterson Children’s Hospital and does long-term care out of Cozy Nest Care. She’s sharing her heartbreak in learning how to say no to more patients.

“It sucks because nobody got into the business of medicine to say no to helping people,” says Waley.

“Every single day I get someone asking if I can take on another patient or another family or another family member of one of my current patients.”

A report from the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) shows that the clinic’s need for family physicians is felt across Canada.

Those surveyed by ARI share a similar s

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