Government offer rejected: GPs do not feel 'valued'

Several family physicians from the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) believe the government does not value them. On Saturday, they unanimously rejected the Quebec government's proposal regarding their working conditions.

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"When we know that there is a shortage of between 1,500 and 2,000 family doctors in Quebec, a situation that they themselves have contributed to increasing and worsening, they are offering an insulting offer," says Saher Daher, president of the Montreal Association of General Practitioners.

The FMOQ is in negotiations to reach a framework agreement with Quebec, which also rejected a proposal on March 15.

The government is keeping the proposal for a color code to prioritize patients most in need of a family doctor on the table, even though it was categorically rejected during the last negotiations.

"We completely refused it. We don't even want to look at it. We don't even want to consider it. It's not up to Quebec patients or the public to pay the price for the government's mistakes," says Dr. Daher.

The office of the President of the Treasury Board responded by assuring that no Quebecer would lose their family doctor.

"We acknowledge the FMOQ's rejection of our proposal," the statement said. "We are working to ensure that Quebecers have access to the right professionals and care when they need it."

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