family doctors move from mostly in-person appointments to mainly virtual ones due to COVID-19 concerns.Now, while some provinces are urging doctors to return to mainly in-person visits, some physicians and patients would rather embrace virtual care, saying the option is filling gaps in accessibility for Canadians struggling to find care.“I didn’t need to leave my apartment.
I didn’t need to travel anywhere,” said Sabrina Brathwaite, a 22-year-old Toronto resident. “I didn’t have to think ‘how am I going to Tetris this into my schedule?’”Brathwaite — who got a new family doctor just a few weeks prior to the initial lockdown in March 2020 — has had a couple of virtual appointments from her own home.