PMH welcoming five new doctors
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This article was published 21/08/2021 (1568 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Prairie Mountain Health officials revealed on Friday that they have successfully recruited five new foreign-trained doctors to work in the health region.
According to a news release from PMH, these physicians have agreed to work in various small communities throughout Westman for four years.
These incoming doctors are as follows:
• Dr. Saheed Balogun, Killarney Medical Clinic (commenced practice on Aug. 17)
• Dr. Aisha Jan, Killarney Medical Clinic (anticipated start date on Sept. 15)
• Dr. Manal El-Mazahy, Minnedosa Medical Group (anticipated start date in mid-September)
• Dr. Michael Abdalmassih, Swan River Primary Care Centre (anticipated start date in mid-September)
• Dr. Hina Atif, Roblin Medical Centre (anticipated start date in early October)
Friday’s news release also explained that all five physicians were recruited through the province’s Medical Licensure Program for International Medical Graduates.
This initiative is designed to help foreign-trained doctors obtain their medical licence, which would then allow them to practise as a primary care (family) physician in Manitoba.
“Over the past year, the region sponsored five physicians to participate in the IMG program,” PMH CEO Brian Schoonbaert stated in Friday’s release.
“After much consideration, doctors that have now successfully graduated from the program are being strategically placed at various sites within PMH communities (or nearby areas) that require additional sufficient physician resources.”
The IMG program is currently supported by the University of Manitoba, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba and Manitoba Health and Seniors Care.
PMH officials are already in the process of recruiting five more foreign-trained doctors through this program, with these physicians having commenced their training this past June.
If they are successful, these IMG recruits should be able to start working within PMH by the fall of 2022.
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