Emergency services will not be available between 8 a.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday, Interior Health said. The agency said the closure is due to an unexpected shortage of doctors.
Education has a role to play in addressing the shortage of family doctors. A new program is designed specifically for comprehensive, community-based family practice.
The majority of physicians coming out of residency received 100 or more job offers during the course of their training, according to AMN Healthcare’s Physician Solutions business.
Each encounter that health-care students have with patients and families helps them understand real-world patient needs. That means all Canadians have a role in educating future health-care providers.
There are about 25,000 people without access to a primary care provider in New Brunswick and only about a third of those who do can see their provider quickly.