MILK RIVER- Southern Alberta is experiencing a doctor shortage, and Alberta Health Services says they’ve been actively recruiting.
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Doctor shortage in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE- Last year an estimated four million Canadians did not have a family doctor.
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University of Calgary graduating family docs at more than twice the rate of 2008
More and more medical students at the University of Calgary are choosing to go into family practice, to the point that nearly half of med-school grads this year will begin their careers in family medicine.
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Website being developed to help recruit physicians
Recruitment of physicians to the area will be the focus of a new website being developed with help from the County of Grande Prairie.
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Recruiting doctors to rural areas the goal of provincial action plan
With a budget of $10 million a year from Alberta Health, Alberta’s Rural Physician Action Plan (RPAP) works on attracting physicians to practice in rural areas of the province.
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Successful start for PCN clinic
The Primary Care Network’s after hours clinic has had a successful reception of patients after a weather delayed opening earlier this month.
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New Medicentre opens Monday
St. Albertans and area residents will have another walk-in medical clinic at their disposal as the new McKenney Medicentre is set to open its doors Monday.
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Hospital Chief of Staff address physician shortage rumours
There appears to be considerable apprehension and misunderstanding about the physician and general medical services in High River. As the Chief of Staff for High River Hospital, I would like to give a current summary of the services and an outlook for the future.
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Alberta doctors still paid well, but other provinces catching up: report
EDMONTON – Alberta doctors remained among the best paid in Canada last year, receiving an average gross income of $349,470 that ranked second only to Ontario physicians, a new national study has found.
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High River faces loss of doctors living in floodway
As High River celebrated a milestone in its recovery Thursday — the ceremonial reopening of its pre-flood health services — new concerns emerged that the town’s medical staff could be gutted by the number of doctors considering provincial buyouts for their homes.
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