BC NDP Leader David Eby announced a $75-million student loan forgiveness program aimed at encouraging doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to work in rural areas of British Columbia. This comes as rural hospitals face closures due to staff shortages.
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby stands with healthcare workers and supporters after a campaign announcement, in Vernon, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. NDP Leader David Eby is promising to offer a $75-million loan forgiveness program to entice doctors, nurses and health professionals to expand health-care services in rural British Columbia.
“There are challenges out there, like rural emergency rooms and staffing in smaller centres, and that’s what today’s announcement is all about,” said Eby at an outdoor news conference at a municipal park in Vernon on the shores of Lake Okanagan.Interior Health said on Friday that emergency rooms at South Okanagan General Hospital in the community of Oliver will be closed Saturday due to “limited physician availability.” Patients are advised to travel to Penticton for emergency care.
Eby also pledged to reduce administrative restrictions facing midwives to enable easier access to abortion care, especially in rural areas.Canada has quietly raised foreign interference with China 48 times in two yearsThe midwives will also be able to provide intrauterine device insertions, sexually transmitted infection tests and and provision of care for sexual assaults, he added.
Rustad, who was also scheduled to be in Kelowna, promised to improve wildfire prevention and protect communities, especially in the Okanagan area which has been hit hard by wildfires.
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