Another senior physician announces closure of practice in Saugeen Shores

In a recent article, Saugeen Times announced that Dr. Billings advised his patients in a letter that he will be closing his practice on June 30th.

In a time of health crisis and, in a similar letter dated March 1st, Dr. Chad Burkhart has also announced that he, too, is closing his practice on June 30th in Saugeen Shores, and will no longer be seeing patients effective May 31st.

According to the letter, other physicians in the area are unable to absorb the two doctors’ patient load and, therefore, patients have been advised to “…contact Health Care Connect in order to access a primary care provider.”

In addition, patients who are on medication have been advised that their pharmacies have been contacted to continue prescriptions for a one-year period.

Both physicians have been in the community of Saugeen Shores for approximately 20 years, where they also owned the Drifting Sands Spa in Southampton.