Family doctor forks over $700K of own money to lure physicians to her Winnipeg clinics

A physician in Winnipeg is sacrificing some of her family's savings to lure 10 doctors to her practice. She estimates she's putting up around $70,000 per doctor — or, $700,000 in total.Dr. Shadi Rezazadeh is hoping for more government assistance to recruit and retain physicians after she put up around $700,000 over her own money to bring over 10 doctors from the United Kingdom.

The other five physicians will set up their practice at Rivergrove Medical Clinic on the north edge of the city on Main Street. The clinic briefly closed last year after the previous owner retired.Rezazadeh is disappointed at the lengths she has to go through to keep her clinics running.A year ago, she began her recruitment efforts with the goal of enticing one doctor.

The new doctors, each under a three-year commitment, will all arrive by June. In fact, five of them called her on a day in December, after learning about her incentives from other U.K. physicians.While she expects to recoup her costs through a portion of the physicians' earnings, she's taking a short-term hit. Her family couldn't afford their annual vacation over the holidays.

"We have been outmaneuvered in this province for years to recruit physicians to our province," Boroditsky said. Boroditsky said the new contract the province reached with doctors last year, which includes a $268-million funding boost, is an "excellent step," as are increases to physician training seats, but more is needed if a physician is resorting to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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