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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