Three recently recruited family doctors will begin operating a new full-time, walk-in medical practice in Lindsay on Friday (May 1).
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) has announced that Dr. Usman Khurshid, Dr. Kanayo Odunze, and Dr. Uche Nkemdeme will be operating a new clinic in Unit 202B at the Lindsay Medical Centre at 86 Angeline Street South.
According to a media release from KLHCI, the new practice will serve Kawartha Lakes residents who do not have a primary care provider.
“KLHCI’s board of directors and recruitment and retention coordinator are very pleased to be able to support this new clinic and the family physicians, especially as it will reduce the number of residents attending the Ross Memorial Hospital’s emergency department for primary care issues,” says KLHCI chair Stacey Gudmundsson in the release.
Dr. Khurshid and Dr. Odunze will begin providing walk-in primary care services when the practice opens on May 1, while Dr. Nkemdeme will be joining the clinic on a full-time basis at the beginning of June.
Dr. Khurshid completed his primary care training at the Allama Iqbal Medical College in Pakistan in 2011, and has been practising in Ontario since 2013. He began discussions with KLHCI recruitment and retention coordinator Cindy Snider in late 2024.
Dr. Odunze completed his primary care training at the Imo State University College of Medicine in Nigeria in 2015, and has been practising in Ontario since 2024. Dr. Nkemdeme also completed his primary care training at the Imo State University College of Medicine in Nigeria in 2014, and became licensed to practise in Ontario this year.
Dr. Khurshid and Dr. Odunze will be accepting patients in the City of Kawartha Lakes who do not have a family doctor. Dr. Nkemdeme will be accepting patients registered through Health Care Connect and will also be assisting with the walk-in clinic.
The clinic will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. To reach the clinic, call 705-320-7705.
For more information about KLHCI, visit www.kawarthalakesdoctors.org.
