ICYMI: Cape Breton MLAs push for PET scan, medical school | SaltWire
Sydney-Membertou MLA Derek Mombourquette and Northside-Westmount MLA Fred Tilley want PC Premier Tim Houston to make thewhen he delivers his State of the Province speech to the Cape Breton business community.
Tilley and Mombourquette both said Monday that a medical school will help with the recruitment of doctors. The department said recruiting doctors and other health-care workers is its No. 1 priority and listed off measures government has taken: tuition relief programs, additional residency seats, a new family medicine assessment program for internationally trained doctors and targeted marketing and immigration streams specifically for health-care workers.
Derek Mombourquette, the Liberal MLA for Sydney-Membertou is calling on Premier Tim Houston to make an announcement on a PET scan for Cape Breton, as well as a second medical school for the province.. Francis Campbell file photo - Francis Campbell “While we are not actively raising money for a PET CT scanner, we have been approached anonymously by a number of large donors who are keen to support its purchase.”
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