OTTAWA Across parts of Ontario, family physicians and pharmacists are among those inoculating residents with the COVID-19 vaccine; part of a pilot project launched by the province. In Ottawa, those same healthcare providers sit on the sidelines, eager for their turn to join in the vaccination efforts. We just need the supply, and we need people to say we trust you; go and do it, Dr. Alykhan Abdulla says. Dr. Abdulla is a family physician in Manotick and the chairman of General and Family Practice for the Ontario Medical Association. He says family doctors in the capital are eager to begin vaccinating the public.
People who have called the provincial phone line to book a vaccine appointment are being redirected back to Ottawa Public Health, which is a mistake, according to the head of Ottawa s vaccine task force.