Rural Doctors Face New Crisis | Vancouver News

A major blow to rural healthcare: The B.C. Supreme Court has struck down the province’s requirement that doctors trained abroad work in underserved areas, leaving communities scrambling as the mandate vanishes. Longtime rural physicians warn this decision will deepen staffing shortages, with one doctor citing a town that lost three out of four doctors. Health officials are now racing to find new ways to attract and retain medical talent — from better incentives to expanding nurse-led care — as the battle to keep remote communities healthy continues.

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