Corner Brook's new hospital is just weeks away from opening, but staffing shortages mean the new cancer care ward may not be fully operational on day one. Despite a brand new hospital and a hefty signing bonus, health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador still haven't recruited the oncologists they need for an expanded cancer care program on the province's west coast.
The new centre would have given patients on Newfoundland’s west coast and in Labrador a closer option for radiation oncology treatment. Right now, that treatment can only be performed in St. John's. Eddie Joyce, who represents the region as an Independent in the House of Assembly, said health officials should have been better prepared for the oncology ward’s opening.
Doctors who have never worked in Newfoundland and Labrador’s health authority before may be eligible for an additional $175,000 in bonuses. The competition is made even more difficult by how few of these specialists graduate every year — Stuckless said only 25 are trained each year across the country, and only one in Atlantic Canada."I feel like we’ve reached under every stone and this is now, you know, it is maybe just a bit of waiting game. I’m optimistic that we will get there.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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