Edmundston Mayor Éric Marquis was encouraged by a meeting Madawaska elected officials had with the management of the Vitalité Health Network on Monday evening, just days after Restigouche elected officials carried out the same exercise.
In the menu of this discussion, the recruitment of primary care for the region, not only among doctors, but also among the staff of support services.
” We give ourselves a plan of attack. Our community, like other communities, is hit hard by the lack of manpower in our hospitals. We have published a work plan and primary care will be our battleground which we will adopt in the coming weeks. “
Elected officials, community members, the public and private sectors will be called upon to form a working committee and find options so that citizens receive the primary care they need within a reasonable time, he added.
The poster at the entrance to Edmundston Regional Hospital.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Yves Lévesque
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Edmundston Regional Hospital was particularly affected by the temporary closure of the obstetrics and pediatrics departments this summer. Women from the region have had to give birth in Bathurst, Moncton and even Quebec due to a lack of local services.
Methods of recruitment and retention
The working committee will look into what is being done elsewhere and try to adapt good practices to the needs of the Northwest, continued Mayor Éric Marquis. He will also reflect on the methods of recruiting and retaining doctors.
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The mayor of Edmundston wants the border to reopen soon.
Photo: Radio-Canada
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Many of our doctors are close to retirement and many are specialists. In addition to filling vacancies, you also need to think about specialist positions. It’s a two-pronged job. We need to recover what we currently lack and think about the future.
He said.
Hence his expression of great seduction
dissolved the mayor.
To attract doctors, we have to sell our community, show our attractions, what’s interesting when you want to live in Edmundston, services, sporting and cultural activities. Yes, we are talking about some kind of great seduction
admits Eric Marchese.
According to an interview with the show The morning
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