Colwood, B.C., on Vancouver Island, has launched a pilot project to address its physician shortage by hiring family doctors and placing them on the city payroll, offering full benefits, vacation, and a pension. The doctors will practice at the Colwood Clinic, set to open next year, as part of the city's goal of hiring eight doctors within three years.
COLWOOD , B.C. — The suburban city of Colwood , B.C., on Vancouver Island, says it has hired its first family doctor in a new approach to easing the community's shortage of physicians.
He says the doctors will practise out of the Colwood Clinic, set to open next year and be part of the city's goal of hiring eight doctors within three years.
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