Nova Scotia to recruit doctors via Lebanese universities

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is working with two Lebanese universities to recruit family doctors, chipping away at a major shortfall that has more than 90,000 Nova Scotians without a primary care provider, writes Taryn Grant for CBC News.

At an announcement on Wednesday 25 June, Premier Tim Houston said the province has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with the Lebanese American University in Beirut.

Nova Scotia will pay for two medical graduates per year to complete their residency in Lebanon. It will also pay for licensing exams, and immigration and relocation costs. In exchange, the physicians will be expected to stay and practise in Nova Scotia for at least three years. The five-year pilot is expected to cost CA$5 million (US$3.6 million).
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