It’s a “buyer’s market” for physicians, NOSM University head Dr. Sarita Verma told city council members during a presentation at Tuesday’s meeting.
Although Verma’s presentation highlighted the need to attract and retain doctors, she also pointed to NOSM University’s successes. Despite what Verma described as a common myth that they seized the opportunity to become an independent university in the wake of Laurentian University’s insolvency, it actually put the entire establishment in a difficult position, and made their independence a necessity.
At a minimum, she said Northern Ontario needs 350 full-time equivalent physicians, of whom 150 are specialists and 200 are family physicians.
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