Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé was in Rimouski on Monday morning to announce relief from the regional medical manpower plans (PREM) to help regions attract more family doctors. At a news conference at the Université du Québec à Rimouski, the minister said that regional departments of general medicine would benefit from greater autonomy to allocate their available positions according to their local priorities.
Nearing COVID-19 capacity, some Quebec hospitals forced to send patients elsewhere
Hospitals in the Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches regions are nearing their capacity to treat COVID-19 patients, especially in intensive care, forcing them to send people more than three hours away for care.
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