From doctors to nurse practitioners, health-care professionals are flocking to British Columbia by the hundreds in response to a campaign aiming to recruit Americans, according to Premier David Eby. At a Tuesday announcement at BC Children’s Hospital, Eby highlighted the public health-care system, lifestyle and socially progressive values as reasons highly trained professionals are choosing to immigrate to the province.
“A very high standard of living. A great place to grow your career as a medical professional. A place where we respect reproductive rights, where we respect science that informs our policy,” Eby said. “And we have a universal health-care system where you don’t have to pull out your credit card to access care or put your family into debt for the rest of their lives.” According to the province, 414 American health-care professionals have begun working in the province in the approximately one year since the campaign began. That number includes 89 doctors, 260 nurses, and 42 nurse practitioners. An additional 23 allied health professionals have also made the move. The province defines that category as including occupational therapists, psychologists and speech-language pathologists, among other professions..Source:ctvnews.ca
