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    Thousands of patients. No help. Meet the lone family doctor of Verona, Ontario.

    I’m the only family doctor in a 2,000-person Ontario town. It’s impossible to be the doctor I want to be.

    Kristi Herrling has four young children and a practice of more than 1,000 patients. She works from 7:30 a.m. until late into the night, finding time in between to pack lunches, give goodbye kisses, brush teeth and read bedtime stories. (Photos by Grant Harder)

    A doctor’s dilemma

    My job as a family physician in small-town British Columbia is a dream come true. It’s also nearly impossible to do.