‘Timing is right’: Cape Breton University campaigns to open medical campus - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

Vice President of Medicine for Nova Scotia Health, Dr. Nicole Boutilier, said, “the potential for an additional medical school is exciting.“Creating another source of well-trained medical graduates is one strategy that will help with our international recruitment shortages.

last month, with more than 116,000 residents waiting for a primary care provider, more than 11 per cent of the total population.That shortage, along with Nova Scotia’s goal to double its population to two million people by 2060, is a sign that timing for a second medical school is right, according to MacInnis.“We need to start now, in terms of creating more capacity to build resources for the future.

“A detailed plan has not been received from Cape Breton University,” said Monica MacLean, spokesperson for the Department of Advanced Education, in an email.

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