Recruiting new physicians to move to rural communities helps them deepen roots there and commit for the long-term to serve rural communities — an urgent issue that we know needs more attention.
Eby emphasizes the importance of recruiting physicians to rural areas.
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An NDP government would also provide incentives for doctors to offer same-day appointments, evening and weekend care, and would add 1,000 training seats for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers and care aides.
It’s anti-Canadian to make people pay for things that used to be covered by the public health-care system.
(It is) for international medical graduates and people with international medical experience, so they can get the practical training they need to get off the sidelines, whatever they’re doing right now, and get into our hospitals and into…
We’ve seen the Conservative playbook in action. They pretend health care is safe to get your vote. Then the moment they get into power, it’s carved up for profit.