Two Lethbridge family doctors shuttering practices at Campbell Clinic South [Video]

LETHBRIDGE –

Thousands more Lethbridge residents will soon be without a family doctor.

Two physicians at Campbell Clinic South recently told their patients they are shutting down their practices.

One of the doctors leaving says she’s been considering the move for several years.

“A very challenging relationship with government at the moment. Going back to our last negotiations with them, there’s been this sensation of lots of bad-faith arguments,” said Dr. Jessica van der Sloot, whose practice will shut down at the end of the year.

Van der Sloot is moving to B.C., which will leave about 2,000 people without a doctor.

She says her biggest reason for leaving is the current funding model for family physicians.

According to van der Sloot, Alberta physicians are now some of the least paid in Canada.

“This feeling that we are kind of just being put to the side or ignored, that our concerns are …