Manitoba recruiting doctors

The government health authority in the Canadian province of Manitoba has contracted a headhunting firm to attract, recruit and hire physicians to fill job vacancies for family doctors in Eastern Manitoba.

The area, which includes the towns of Ashern, Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa, Pine Falls, Teulon and Whitemouth, often relies on international medical graduates to fill employment opportunities.

Read news story in Winnipeg Free Press.