Dr. Bernard was a super guy few years ago and now I'm not so sure..... It's okay to change career or find another job but a responsible doctor would understand the present situation regarding finding a doctor and be supportive at the very least with transitioning, instead of dropping someone off just with a letter and telling them to go to a walk-in clinic to get their meds for chronic conditions.

Submitted Aug. 29, 2023

He lied to our face and told us that my family can still use the clinic for a year while we search for another doctor. I tried to make an appointment and of course they said no that is not the case at all.

Submitted May 30, 2023

After giving me a few months’ leave because I had told him I had bone pain and was always tired, instead of renewing my leave when it expired, he told me that I was chronically depressed and that « you people are oversensitive to pain » (I am part Indigenous). I then transferred to a real doctor who diagnosed me with multiple myeloma. I stayed with the new dr. McIntosh eventually sent me a letter telling he’d dumped me, but by that time, I already had a good dr. Many weren’t so lucky. He does not deserve to be a dr and should lose his licence.

Submitted May 15, 2023

No follow up. Didn't send my prescription to the pharmacy. Forgot to book my colonoscopy appointment. Given those, do you think he actually had a look at the results from my blood tests?

Submitted April 24, 2023

Dr MacIntosh was my doctor and now I'm not even sure. lol. His clinic is closed and I'm reading that he dropped a lot of his patients. But was I one of them? I have no idea. I mean, I guess I was but... thanks for the heads up, doc. But it's just as well. Every time I visited him I had to repeat my VERY IMPORTANT family history of heart disease.

Submitted March 15, 2023

I am glad to have him as my Doctor before he got me booted off without no warning, just letter, only because I went in for an appointment. I was glad I had him when he first moved to Ottawa. All I can say is I hope whatever he is going now,he is much happier. Been a Doctor's is not an easy job. But been caring is another thing. I am glad I found a new Doctor after 2 months of been discharged from been his patient.

Submitted Dec. 30, 2022

A few years back with a different doctor I had a bad experience with a vaccine and was throwing up to the point of dry heaving from it so i was telling dr Bernard macintosh that I didn’t want any more vaccines after that bad experience so he wanted to put me on psych meds…what a prick. He flat out said I have mental problems and he wants to put me on meds from 1 brief interaction. He should lose his medical license in my opinion.

Submitted Dec. 29, 2022

DO NOT reveal any anxiety about losing Dr. Macintosh as your family doctor. I knew as soon as the words come out of my mouth that I was now in the discarded pile.
The mood changed very suddenly and I was made to believe that is was somehow my fault as to why I no longer have a family doctor.
What's wrong with saying as your doctor or maybe just a human being that I am really sorry but I am changing my practice and I know you have zero chance of finding a new doctor, however I am forced to make this change ?

I felt very nervous and vulnerable when he gave me my discharge papers for my husband and I. I felt like it was an abuse of power. I laughed nervously and left. As I walked towards the front , his staff his knew I got the failing grade.
Luckily I was prepared by reading the previous reviews that this could happen to me too.
The reason why I gave so many stars is that he was a wonderful family doctor to me. I felt like I had won the jackpot when I was accepted as his patient. He was knowledgeable , empathetic, and reliable. He was a really important part in my getting better during a very difficult time.
He always took me seriously and I trusted him. I am not writing this review to crucify Dr. Macintosh . I believe somebody seriously needs to check in on him. I don think he is feeling very well and I think someone needs to step up and support him and get him some help.

Submitted Nov. 12, 2022

He dropped my daughter with no warning even though she has a long history of depression and mental health issues. Extremely callous and unprofessional. Not sure how he can live with himself. Just a terrible and uncaring individual.

Submitted Nov. 10, 2022

Dropped me and my family as patients without any warning at all. He got a new job and is shrinking his new practice aka dropping all his families. So now my kids and I have no doctor. And it’s impossible to find one. What a thoughtful and considerate man.

Submitted Oct. 13, 2022