Physician Shortage
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Rural Alberta ERs close temporarily amid physician shortagesThe emergency rooms at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre and the Beaverlodge Hospital will be closed until Monday at 8 a.m.HealthJan 8
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Merritt, B.C. emergency department closed for Tuesday afternoonMerritt-area residents will have to get emergency care in Kamloops Tuesday due to what Interior Health said is limited physician availability.HealthDec 20, 2022
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A new report shows Manitoba has third overall lowest number of physicians in CanadaThe report shows Manitoba has the third overall lowest number of physicians per capita in the country clocking in at 216 doctors per 100,000 residents.HealthOct 26, 2022
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‘Crisis mode’: Legends Medical Clinic closes to walk-in patients due to doctor shortageAnother Saskatchewan health clinic has been forced to turn away new patients due to the national shortage of physicians and staff.HealthOct 13, 2022
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Dumont hospital in Moncton loses another physicianThis is the fifth doctor to leave the hospital in recent months. Four oncologists have left the Moncton facility, but Vitalité said they’ve hired two to replace them.HealthJun 28, 2022
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‘There is a huge need’: Why this Nova Scotia doctor says she can’t leave her patients behind"I actually have retired three times, officially," Dr. Shelagh Leahey says. "But it didn't hold." And according to her, the reasons are many.FeaturesOct 3, 2019
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2,100 Perth-area residents will be looking for family physicians by 2020The loss of two doctors in Perth leaves over 2,000 people looking for a new family physician.HealthJul 3, 2019
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Lack of physicians forcing Lower Sackville walk-in clinic to closeThe Community Care Walk-in Clinic on Cobequid Drive issued the notice of closure on Friday.CanadaApr 27, 2019
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Kingston needs to pin down concrete numbers on doctor shortage, says medical consultantJust how many people are living without a family doctor in Kingston? A local medical consultant who's worked on the issue says there's evidence that the numbers are growing.CanadaNov 16, 2018
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Physician recruitment should concentrate on wages, work environment: Doctors N.S.According to Doctors Nova Scotia, to address the doctor shortage the province needs to recruit 1,000 new physicians over the next 10 years.HealthOct 25, 2018
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