Jordan Cunningham

Dec 18, 2023 | cheknews.ca | Jordan Cunningham

Navigating the healthcare system requires an endless supply of patience. At Shelbourne Medical Clinic in Saanich, the automated phone message informed would-be patients that the clinic was at capacity by 10:30 a.m. Monday. “We did a count the other day,” says Dr. Lorne Verhulst, the clinic’s medical director. “We’ve got about 87 hundred patients who’ve seen us in the last two years.”Last week the clinic sent out an email to its patient base, informing them the clinic will be closed in the spring.