The Psychiatrists Aren't In Montana.. Montana Career Opportunity - Psychiatrist - Missoula, Montana
| August 30, 2007 |  View for printing |
Where do 600 people turn when their psychiatrist retires? In Missoula, they’re turned out.
Dr. Noel Hoell’s recent retirement after 30 years of practice in Missoula left as many as 600 Montanans without a psychiatrist, highlighting a mental healthcare shortage in Montana’s medical capital.
In early May, 600 Montanans went to their mailboxes, probably expecting bills, junk, or both. Instead they found a letter from their psychiatrist, Dr. Noel Hoell.
The tone of the letter was formal, and it got to the bad news quickly.
“It is with mixed feelings that I am writing to inform you that, as of approximately August 1, 2007, I will be discontinuing my private practice of psychiatry and, therefore, beyond that date, will no longer be able to provide your care,” Hoell wrote.
Normally, a retiring psychiatrist would help his patients find continuing care, but in Hoell’s case, that didn’t seem feasible.
By: Patrick Duganz
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