REGINA – Saskatchewan is still struggling with a doctor shortage but now hospitals are drawing from a bigger pool of candidates.
The Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment program has attracted 91 doctors to practice in the province since it began as a pilot project in 2011.
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Ed Mantler says doctors used to be primarily recruited from England, the United States and Australia.
But under the program, he says more are being brought here from places such as Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and India.
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