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“I would say the physicians have had to make the tough decisions, which then lead to us having to make tough decisions,” Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network executive director Darren Caines told councillors June 28.
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Set to close by January of next year, the April announcement from the Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network (PCN) cited “the changing environment, including the pandemic” as reasons for the closure. The PCN says that 50 per cent of doctors at the clinic have or are planning to depart.
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The Cochrane Primary Care Centre is set to close by January of next year, according to an April 23 media statement from the Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network (PCN). It cited “the changing environment, including the pandemic” as reasons for the closure.
“This is not a decision we wanted to have to make,” reads a quote in the statement from Calgary Foothills PCN executive director Darren Caines.
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“The financial impact of the pandemic combined with the departure of physicians meant the business model was no longer sustainable in Cochrane. We are still working out the details but we wanted to give doctors, staff and patients as much notice as possible.”
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