Physician Shortage

• Rural Alberta ERs close temporarily amid physician shortages

  The emergency rooms at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre and the Beaverlodge Hospital will be closed until Monday at 8 a.m.

  Health

  Jan 8
  
• Merritt, B.C. emergency department closed for Tuesday afternoon

  Merritt-area residents will have to get emergency care in Kamloops Tuesday due to what Interior Health said is limited physician availability.

  Health

  Dec 20, 2022
  
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• A new report shows Manitoba has third overall lowest number of physicians in Canada

  The 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.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2022
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• ‘Crisis mode’: Legends Medical Clinic closes to walk-in patients due to doctor shortage

  Another Saskatchewan health clinic has been forced to turn away new patients due to the national shortage of physicians and staff.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2022
• Dumont hospital in Moncton loses another physician

  This 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.

  Health

  Jun 28, 2022
• ‘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.

  Features

  Oct 3, 2019
• 2,100 Perth-area residents will be looking for family physicians by 2020

  The loss of two doctors in Perth leaves over 2,000 people looking for a new family physician.

  Health

  Jul 3, 2019
• Lack of physicians forcing Lower Sackville walk-in clinic to close

  The Community Care Walk-in Clinic on Cobequid Drive issued the notice of closure on Friday.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2019
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• Kingston needs to pin down concrete numbers on doctor shortage, says medical consultant

  Just 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.

  Canada

  Nov 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.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2018