As CBC News has reported, the number of medical residency positions — a crucial pipeline that brings more doctors into the system — has been stagnant for the past decade.
Williams said it’s unconscionable that a wealthy country like Canada leaves millions of people twisting in the wind without access to a primary care provider.
He considers himself healthy — his only ongoing concern is high blood pressure — but he’s had his fair share of injuries, including wrecked shoulders and a bad hip that needed replacing.
He said he hasn’t always been happy with the care he’s received — a previous family doctor misdiagnosed his hip pain, depriving him of the replacement he really needed for years — but at least he had somebody to turn to when something popped up.
Pointing to the millions of dollars allegedly wasted on the pandemic-era ArriveCan app, Wishart said that money could have been a game-changer for a smaller region like his, which is perpetually starved for health resources.
If you put $56 million in — if you fired that into a place like Truro or Amherst, it would go a long way to helping out a little bit," he said, referring to the price tag of the bungled app development.
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As CBC News has reported, the number of medical residency positions — a crucial pipeline that brings more doctors into the system — has been stagnant for the past decade.
Williams said it’s unconscionable that a wealthy country like Canada leaves millions of people twisting in the wind without access to a primary care provider.
He considers himself healthy — his only ongoing concern is high blood pressure — but he’s had his fair share of injuries, including wrecked shoulders and a bad hip that needed replacing.
He said he hasn’t always been happy with the care he’s received — a previous family doctor misdiagnosed his hip pain, depriving him of the replacement he really needed for years — but at least he had somebody to turn to when something popped up.
Pointing to the millions of dollars allegedly wasted on the pandemic-era ArriveCan app, Wishart said that money could have been a game-changer for a smaller region like his, which is perpetually starved for health resources.
If you put $56 million in — if you fired that into a place like Truro or Amherst, it would go a long way to helping out a little bit," he said, referring to the price tag of the bungled app development.
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