An American family doctor is frustrated with what she says has been a challenging two-year-and-counting bureaucratic journey to be accepted into Canada.
That's where she has a job waiting for her, tending to some 1,500 patients who don't have a physician.
She quickly spotted an opening for a general physician in Morriston, Ont. It was posted by physicians Manu and Pooja Kaushik, a husband-and-wife team who runs the clinic in the small town south of Guelph. "Maximum, six, seven months," said Kaushik. "I was thinking Summer 2023 she should be here. And we're still waiting."
His wife, Daphne, said she worries the drawn-out process will put more stress on the clinic's other physicians, who are parents to young children and caregivers to an ailing mother.The Kaushiks admit they think about leaving family medicine "on a nightly basis" but say they are committed to their patients.
There was a nine-month wait to be licensed by the Medical Council of Canada, the first step in applying to become a physician in Canada. Duncan says that despite her 12 years as a physician and her other skills, she discovered her total score under the program was too low. It required the Kaushiks to show there was no Canadian worker or permanent resident available to do the job. They had received three applications to their job ad – only one of which was from a Canadian physician, who then declined to come to the clinic.
CTV News asked the IRCC about whether physicians in demand are given expedited approval. An IRCC spokesperson responded with a statement, saying, "The IRCC continues to prioritize work permit applications from workers in 24 essential occupations in health care, where additional labour is needed to protect and promote the health of Canadians."
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