(Kahnawake – 10, Ohiarihkó:wa/July 2020) The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) wishes to remind the community that Dr. Suzanne Jones plans to retire later this year, in December 2020. As previously announced in last week’s communiqué regarding her retirement, blocks of her clients will be gradually transferred to Dr. Marie-Eve Fiset-Morissette. As well, some blocks of her clients will be transferred to Dr. Annick Gauthier.
“We are making every effort to prioritize clients with chronic medical conditions and the elderly from the community for transfer to Dr. Fiset-Morissette and Dr. Gauthier,” notes Dr. Suzanne Jones “An initial block of 350 of my clients have been transferred to Dr. Fiset-Morissette for her start here at KMHC.”
The remaining clients of Dr. Jones will stay under her care in the meantime, with an additional block of clients transferring to Dr. Fiset-Morissette in the fall. Dr. Gauthier will be taking on 175 of Dr. Jones’ clients by August, which will be in addition to her current client-base.
“We are making every effort possible to transfer and accommodate as many clients as we can,” said Dr. Jones. “However, to be transparent with the community, while most of my clients will be transferred to Dr. Fiset-Morissette and Dr. Gauthier, there will be some clients who will become unregistered.”
Those clients from the community who may become unregistered will still have access to the Saturday clinics and will be able to call during regular hours to book an urgent appointment if a physician is available after speaking with a nurse.
KMHC will provide further details regarding the client transfers as we approach the retirement date of Dr. Jones.
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