No end in sight to B.C.’s doctor shortage as major online resource disappears Fernandez’s organization released a report this week highlighting what it says are those cracks, and where the province needs to go to protect family medicine.The group highlights extra pressures family doctors, who it describes as small business people as well as physicians, have faced in comparison to their colleagues in hospital settings.Those include managing staff, taking care of leases and procuring their own supplies.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“(Personal protective equipment) and the lack of supplies to the clinic has absolutely limited the number of people we’re able to see in person,” she said.