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A Canadian-trained ophthalmologist is frustrated at the bureaucracy preventing him to operate

“I am licensed to practise in Ontario and provide service in multiple offices in the Toronto area. During an average week, I see up to 200 patients and refer four to 10 surgical cases to my colleagues with operating privileges. Those patients then have to travel a significant distance, be re-examined by another doctor and then wait weeks, even months, for their surgery to be done.”