Canadian-born doctor gets licence to practice here after 17-month fight
Reached by phone Thursday, DeMarchi said she was relieved to have her licence in hand.
"Especially right now, at this particular time, when there's a massive increase in people who don't have GPs. There are Canadian doctors willing to work and they can't." She said the Canadian licensing system is riddled with "gross inefficiencies," with overlapping regulatory bodies sometimes demanding the same documents.
"We acknowledge that the current processing times for reviewing documents are longer than what we aim for. We are committed to addressing these longer timelines and are actively recruiting additional staff to improve the processing times and offer our candidates the best possible service," the MCC said in a media statement.Canada is losing out on hundreds of qualified doctors each year.
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