TORONTO --
As hospitals and ICUs across the country continue to fill up with COVID-19 patients, many international medical graduates (IMGs) are unemployed or working in other fields as the licensing process to practice in Canada can take years.
Dr. Alireza Mohamadjani is a foreign-trained doctor with more than 10 years experience working as a family physician and in emergency medicine in Iran.
Despite his experience and being eager to help on Canada's front lines of the pandemic, Mohamadjani told CTV National News he cannot assist overwhelmed hospitals because he is not licensed.
"The system is at the edge, but we cannot help," Mohamadjani said.