Study says Quebec needs more doctors as opposition smells blood in health sector
MONTREAL — As opposition parties hammer the Quebec government over perennial problems in the health-care system, a new study indicates the province doesn’t have enough doctors and should loosen its control over medical school admissions.
With Quebec’s hot economy and record-low unemployment, the issue on which the opposition has chosen to attack the Liberals in the lead-up to this fall’s general election has been health care.
Quebecers face a daily barrage of health-related news, from nurses who claim to be overworked, to doctors who say they are paid too much.
Then there are the stories about interminable wait times in emergency rooms and the months and months it takes to get a family physician.