This Ontario city’s solution to the family doctor crisis: hire its own
- Posted on February 9, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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This Ontario city’s solution to the family doctor crisis: hire its own
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With a third of Orillia residents lacking a doctor, the mayor launched a plan to recruit MDs and pay them as employees. "We can put skin in the game."