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plip630
Jan 19th, 2011, 03:12 AM
hi!
my baby is just 17 days as of today and ive been looking to get a pedia that still accept general pediatric care.
so if anybody knows good pedia around scarborough area please let me know.
thanks
dor79
Jan 19th, 2011, 10:12 AM
can you ask the local hopsital which pediatrician's are accepting new patients... or call your ob/gyn's office for a list of referrals??
pmchang
Jan 19th, 2011, 11:49 AM
You can try searching from the following 2 sites (By region, category, etc):

http://www.cpso.on.ca/docsearch/
http://www.ratemds.com/social/?q=node/11

Once you get their contact information, call and ask them if they are accepting new patients.

Good luck in your search.
ceebee
Jan 19th, 2011, 01:14 PM
What's wrong with using your family Doctor. Unless your child has major problems there is no need for a specialist, and if you need one your GP should be able to give a referral.
deblis
Jan 19th, 2011, 04:03 PM
My hospital told us to just use our family doctor, and has been fine. I just had my second child and no problems.
sienna owner
Jan 20th, 2011, 12:58 AM
there are pros/cons to using family dr. it's up to OP to decide which is better.
agree with prev post about asking hospital though....did the pedi that checked the baby out at the hospital not mention they were accepting? that's how we got ours.
plip630
Jan 20th, 2011, 10:59 AM
my friends and relatives who got a pedia on their second child told us its much better to have a pedia to look after the baby instead of family doctor.
we already ask the OB but they directed us to the family doctor and the hospital where my baby is born told us also just go straight to the family doctor.
and after some research about using pedia or family doctor people still prepare getting a pedia for their baby.
plip630
Jan 20th, 2011, 10:59 AM
You can try searching from the following 2 sites (By region, category, etc):

http://www.cpso.on.ca/docsearch/
http://www.ratemds.com/social/?q=node/11

Once you get their contact information, call and ask them if they are accepting new patients.

Good luck in your search.

thanks for the links
hammer
Jan 20th, 2011, 11:07 AM
Go to a PD, they are trained with focus on children whose biology is different from adults. It is like taking your lexus car to a gm dealer...a lexus dealer can recognized a lot more things.
baz5
Jan 20th, 2011, 06:46 PM
I used ratemds. Made a list of the top ones and phoned until one accepted new patients.