A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people.
A Nova Scotia family doctor says a quarter of her colleagues are set to retire in the next five to 10 years. She wants to see more recruitment and retention efforts before then.
Brenda MacDonald and her children have been on the physician wait list for two and a half years. She is left wondering when she will ever get a family doctor.
The head of a Truro-Colchester business group says he hoped an online campaign to entice foreign-trained doctors to the region would attract some attention. But David Phillips said the response was greater than anticipated.