Help, I need a Doctor
Portland, Oregon has a hospital. Portland has many medical professionals operating in a variety of specialties. Fundamental healthcare begins with an individual or family?s access to a general physician, call it a family doctor or for children, a Pediatrician and for women a Gynecologist. Certainly, for people like me, a good therapist; better yet, a Psychiatrist! But why is it that someone in Portland, Oregon cannot locate a physician that will take new patients?
CityBlog Portland, was struck by the frustration that was apparent in Susie Pena’s (a Portland, Oregon resident) post on May 9, 2007, which read as follows: …











