Doc Website Criticized

Opposition members are panning the province's website aimed at helping residents find a doctor.

NDP Health critic France Gelinas says the Health Care Connect website isn't going to help small and northern communities already facing doctor shortages.

"At the end of the day if you don't increase the capacity of the system to take on more clients, then you can have all of the websites you want," says Gelinas. "If there is nobody on the ground to offer the services, then its all for nothing."

The province says 800-thousand people are currently without a physician.


Gelinas pinpoints the number to be more like a million.