Nearly 100 US-trained healthcare workers now serving Island Health

Nearly 100 US-trained healthcare workers now serving Island Health

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B.C. hires more than 400 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz

(CBC) – Province says doctors and nurses are accepting jobs in urban and rural areas all over B.C. “I was horrified,” she said, recalling the day four people were killed, including two fellow doctors. “I came home from the lockdown and told my husband, ‘We have to get out of here.'”  The next day, Herdman Royal applied to work in B.C. Last fall, she moved her family to Nanaimo to start a new life. She’s one of hundreds of American health profess…

More than 400 U.S. health-care workers have been hired by B.C., Premier Eby says – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — A recruitment campaign in the United States has allowed British Columbia to hire more than 400 health-care professionals in less than a year. Premier David Eby and Health Minister Josie Osborne made the announcement at a news conference at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, saying the province has received more than 2,700 applications as a result of its targeted efforts for more health workers. The premier says 89 doctors, 260 nurse…