Chilliwack clinic accepting new patients as province ramps up health care workforce

CHILLIWACK — Local patients may have one reason to celebrate Family Doctor Day this May 19, as a new physician joins the team at Wayside Medical Clinic in Chilliwack.On Friday, May 16, the clinic announced that Dr. Gabriel Pekun will soon be joining the team– and he’s accepting new patients.The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta shows Dr. Pekun previously worked as a family doctor in Calgary and has been a Doctor of Medicine in Nigeria since 2013.The B.C. government