moving to London Ontario

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Latest post on 26 July 2012 - 16:36

London is a very nice University town. There are a number of very good hospitals and all of them are University linked "teaching" hospitals so there is no shortage of doctors. In Canada traditionally family doctors - are fully qualified to deliver and do most of the deliveries (although I think that might be changing), Obstetricians used to be only for hi risk pregnancies but not sure what it is like now. Also Midwives can be good if they have a lot of experience. So not to worry, you will be in good hands. Normally you need to be referred to an Ob-gyn and finding a family doctor in Canada (you should have one) is a bit of a nightmare as there is a shortage. However you are lucky as it is a teaching centre and there are tons of amazing doctors there .You could try contacting the Byron family medicine clinic and they could give you some advice and probably accept patients as they are a teaching centre All the health care hospitals come under London Health Sciences Centre - here is the link and you might contact them to ask - if you look at this page link it lists the 4 main hospitals and the 2 main family medicine teaching clinics so you should be able to get answers from one of them (note there are also family doctors and obstetricians in non-teaching private practice- they might not be accepting patients though-someone at one of these links should be able to advise you and also advise you on what private patients do) http://www.lhsc.on.ca/Patients_Families_Visitors/LHSC/Getting_Here/index.htm Note that Private pay patients are a rarity in Canada so might take a few people to get answers you need. also, there is a forum for expats for canada- maybe post some questions there- http://www.expatforum.com/expats/canada-expat-forum-expats-living-canada/73077-what-london-ontario-like-live.html London is a great town. a lot of university students so just make sure you dont rent in a building or house that has a lot of students or you wont get sleep. a lot of houses close to the campus (around the perimeter) are rented to students. You will be 45 minutes drive from lake huron, with beautiful sandy beaches. Make sure you make it to a little town called Bayfield some time - they have a nice playhouse theatre (not for kids- proper plays) and cute little shops/restaurants and stunning sunsets. Grand bend is closer but more of a party town on the beach. Stratford is another nice day drive and is home of the stratford theatres- another great day trip. With little kids, Storybrook park is a beautiful park along the Thames river (everything in London and surrounding area is named after the UK) that kids love. Autumn there is beautiful. Winter gets alot of snow but not as cold as other regions. Farmers markets are awesome. I am jealous. Have fun!

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