Most physicians are booked up, and they're not taking new patients. Anyone needing an appointment is told to visit a drop-in clinic and sometimes the hospital emergency room.
Doctor Sze is the physician lead of the Thompson region division of family practice. She tells host Shelley Joyce there is a high demand for doctors that can't be met right now.
Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, a family doctor herself, says the provincial government is aware of the problem and is working on fixing it.