The incoming president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association says people need to stop accepting a worsening health-care system, and says he sees nothing in the budget to fix today's problems.
Premier Andrew Furey is currently in Dubai, where he attended a recruitment event meant to lure health care workers to N.L. but officials back home worry that he's not focusing enough on retaining the workers already here.
To help alleviate the doctor shortage in Newfoundland and Labrador, Whitbourne Mayor Hilda Whelan is calling for an increase to the number of seats in a program that assesses whether family doctors trained outside the country meet Canadian standards