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By Canadian Press

Saskatchewan to provide $200,000 to family doctors in rural and northern areas

Mar 15, 2023 | 12:30 PM

SASKATOON – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has announced the provincial government is to provide family doctors in rural and northern areas $200,000 over five years.

Moe says the program aims to attract doctors to those areas, where the government has struggled to hire them.

The program previously offered eligible doctors $47,000 over four years.

Eligible doctors must be practising in a rural or remote area and hold an active licence.

Doctors practising in Regina, Saskatoon and smaller cities are not eligible.

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Moe says the upcoming provincial budget is to address ongoing issues in the health-care system, including plans to do more surgeries.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 15, 2023.

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