There are no urgent care medical clinics in
Guelph or Wellington County. A large burden is being placed on the Guelph
General Hospital Emergency Department, as many patients present with non-emergencies,
resulting in longer wait times and a higher cost to our public health
system. The proposed urgent care clinic for Guelph would operate during the
day, evenings, and weekends. The clinic would offer a higher level of medical care
than walk-in clinics (such as stitches and casting for fractures) and is more
cost effective than seeing non-emergency patients in a hospital setting.
There are presently no options for fertility
service in Guelph or Wellington County. Karma Fertility is a reproductive
clinic in Kitchener that would like to offer services in Guelph and Wellington
County. Karma currently has a large patient base from the Guelph region. The
travel time Guelph patients experience to obtain fertility services creates
stress and unnecessary hardship.
In order to bring Urgent Care Medical and
Fertility Services to Guelph, we need Dr. Roger Stronell MD (a highly respected
radiologist) to transfer a dormant diagnostic imaging license to Guelph. The diagnostic imaging clinic will accept referrals
from community physicians and obstetrics providers, but will also provide high quality imaging in
support of the proposed co-located urgent care clinic and fertility clinic. These clinics will not
operate in Guelph without Dr. Stronell’s diagnostic imaging services.
Please sign this petition to encourage the
Ontario Ministry of Health to allow Dr. Stronell to transfer the license. Our
community is rapidly growing and we need these clinical services!
Please share the petition with anyone that
might have interest in improving healthcare in Guelph and Wellington County.
I used Karma ultrasound for all of my pregnancies. Wait times at our other provider are prohibitive and so many people travel to Kitchener for service. Local service in Guelph would make an enormous difference to our community.