I loved the atmosphere at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, and I wanted to bring something to the local community.
Downtown Kingston has a new and much-needed family medicine and walk-in clinic. Dr. Chris Kozanitis, Meds카지노 게임 컬렉션06, has signed a 20-year lease on a building on Princess Street, in the heart of the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s downtown, and he opened the doors on his practice on June 1.
The building in which he카지노 게임 컬렉션s done so, formerly a video arcade, has been gutted and equipped as a state-of- the-art medical clinic, complete with nine patient examination rooms. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This project is my dream, and the renovation was one the best experiences of my life,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
Kozanitis, who hails from Surrey, B.C., returned to Kingston after finishing his two-year Family Medicine Residency at the U of T.
He chose a downtown location for his office because he saw the need for a medical clinic in the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s downtown core and because he likes the urban lifestyle that Kingston offers.
Says Kozanitis, 카지노 게임 컬렉션I loved the atmosphere at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, and I wanted to bring something to the local community.카지노 게임 컬렉션
He noted the crying need for family doctors in the city and saw that the lack of a downtown walk-in clinic was having a serious impact on area residents and on the emergency departments at the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s two active-treatment hospitals.
In exchange for a five-year commitment from Kozanitis, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) stepped forward to help meet the start-up costs involved in renovating the storefront clinic.
The agency카지노 게임 컬렉션s CEO Jeff Garrah, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션96, says he is cautiously optimistic about the success of KEDCO카지노 게임 컬렉션s physician recruitment program, which has KEDCO working in conjunction with city council and city staff.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Three years ago there were 20,000 residents without a family doctor in Kingston. We said we would recruit 30 new doctors over three years. We카지노 게임 컬렉션ve recruited 24 new physicians and it카지노 게임 컬렉션s now estimated that the number of residents without a family doctor is approximately two or three thousand,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
In time, Kozanitis plans to hire as many as five full-time doctors and recruit part-time specialists potentially including an obstetrician카지노 게임 컬렉션gynecologist, psychiatrist, a minor procedures surgeon, an emergency room doctor, and possibly a physiotherapist. In the meantime, he카지노 게임 컬렉션s working 12- hour days, seven days a week to get his practice on a solid footing.
Kozanitis and his newlywed wife, Ziny Yen, Meds카지노 게임 컬렉션09, who will finish her Family Medicine Residency at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in 2011, have not decided if they will work together although they are thinking about it
To be sure, if they do so the pair will have no shortage of business. Kozanitis hopes to enrol 2,000 new patients from the Health Care Connect Waiting List, as well as seeing walk-ins.
His office카지노 게임 컬렉션s location makes it a much-needed alternative to two other walk-in clinics, which are in the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s west end. Local health care officials also hope that the storefront operation will help relieve the burden from the Urgent Care Centre at nearby Hotel Dieu, will help ease overcrowding at the Kingston General Hospital카지노 게임 컬렉션s emergency care unit, will provide practice opportunities for new physicians, and will contribute to the vitality of city카지노 게임 컬렉션s downtown neighbourhood.
Dani Delaloye, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션09, who is currently working on a Master카지노 게임 컬렉션s degree in Geological Engineering, was thrilled to see the new clinic open. She lives just around the corner and hasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t had a family doctor since coming to Kingston in 2005. 카지노 게임 컬렉션My doctor is back home in Calgary,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.
Dani is not alone in her predicament. However, with the arrival in town of new doctors카지노 게임 컬렉션like Chris Kozanitis카지노 게임 컬렉션that situation is starting to show signs of improvement. Says Kozantis, "A family practice combined with a parallel walk-in clinic is a unique model in Kingston, and I hope it will contribute significantly towards providing badly needed medical services in the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s downtown core."
