A new Retention and Recruitment office intended to bring more medical professionals to Manitoba and keep existing ones here has brought 18 physicians to the Prairie Mountain Health Region since 2024.
Premier Wab Kinew and Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara said these 18 physicians were part of a total of 137 brought to the province by the Health Care Retention and Recruitment Office, which was created as part of the 2024 budget.
According to a release, 81 of the 137 new recruits practice family medicine, while others specialize in emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, pathology, diagnostic imaging and pediatrics.
52 of these physicians have come from the United Kingdom, while a further 42 have relocated from elsewhere in Canada.
