Small NB Community Offers Free Land to Doctor(s) Willing to Relocate to the Area

Posted 12 min ago by Sykos Masters in Health | 4 views Yet another rural community in Atlantic Canada is answering their local doctor shortage with a unique solution. Plaster Rock, NB has advertised the gift of land – suitable for building a home – to doctors willing to service their village. On July 7, 2008, Gander, Newfoundland announced that 2,000 residents in their rural community would soon be contacted as winners in a recent 'patient lottery' for two new GPs that will soon be opening local practices (reported here). Plaster Rock, New Brunswick has found it's own way of solving the same dilemma. Last month, The River Valley Hospital Corp. (RVHC) closed both emergency and in-patient services located in this small (2006 pop.: 1000+) village. Three of only four doctors had moved from the area—leaving it without the minimum... [read full story]