New Ontario medical school could help doctor shortage
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 | 11:11 AM ET
CBC News
Ontario doctors praised the opening of Canada's newest medical school on Tuesday. They said it's a key step to addressing the shortage of physicians in the province.
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is the first new stand-alone medical school to open in Canada in 30 years.
Dr. Greg Flynn, president of the Ontario Medical Association, said training more physicians is a key way to address the province's doctor shortage.
Ontario is short almost 2,200 physicians, leaving almost 1.2 million patients without access to a doctor.
The school consists of twin campuses at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty encouraged the first 56 students in the school to stay in northern Ontario after they graduate.
"I can tell you the north needs you, the north needs your skills, the north needs your commitment," McGuinty said in Sudbury.
The school will produce its first graduates in 2009.
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