A new family doctor is coming from Scotland to Fenelon Falls in December to take over the practice of a retiring physician.
On Tuesday (November 18), the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHIC) and the Kawartha North Family Health Team announced that Dr. Fraser Barratt will take over the practice of Dr. Hor Ven Zung effective December 1.
Dr. Zung, who came from Calgary in 2015 to begin practising with the Kawartha North Family Health Team in Fenelon Falls, is retiring on December 1.
As for Dr. Barratt, he completed a Bachelor of Medical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 2015, where he continued studying to complete his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2018. In August, he completed his general practitioner training in Edinburgh.
“He is the first recruit through KLHIC’s new International Recruitment program,” says KLHCI chair Stacey Gudmundsson in a media release. “KLHCI sincerely wishes to thank Dr. Zung for the many years of care to her patients, the Kawartha Lakes community, and many hours assisting KLHCI’s overall recruitment efforts.”
Dr. Barratt has a family connection to Ontario in that his wife, Cassidy, is from the province.
“I look forward to meeting all the patients who will be under my care, and my wife and I are very excited to build a home in the Kawartha Lakes” says Dr. Barratt.
According to the media relase, Dr. Barratt will be unable to accept new patients at the current time as he is accepting all of the patients of Dr. Zung’s practice.
“I feel privileged that Dr. Barratt has chosen to take over my practice,” Dr. Zung says. “I know that my patients will be pleased to have their medical needs addressed by a well-trained and kind physician. I want to welcome him and Cassidy to the Kawarthas and him to my practice with the Kawartha North Family Health Team.”
