Nova Scotia Health conducted a campaign in November to attract United States health-care workers to the region, generating more than 500 nursing leads and five new hires.
Doctors Nova Scotia says the demand for family physicians continues to rise.
“The waiting list also to see a specialist is too long to have and an investigation to have and getting a longer waiting list,” says Dr. Gehad Gobran, president of Doctors Nova Scotia.
Gobran says 24 per cent of physicians are close to retirement so they are happy U.S. doctors want to come to Nova Scotia.
“The family doctors are very busy, not only in their clinics but also family doctors working in walk-in clinics are very, very, extremely busy. Not enough walk-in clinics for patients to be seen, hard to get a family doctor, and too much pressure on the emergency as well, so it is very important to have more family doctors and support them,” says Gobran.