Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says
April 21, 2025
A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that’s hiring doctors as municipal employees is “very close” to hiring two more physicians, and its mayor believes it will eventually exceed its goal of hiring eight in total.Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi said Monday that the city-owned clinic currently has one doctor, and employment contracts are soon to be inked with two more, while a fourth is expected to be on board by September.Kobayashi said other cities are continuing to inquire about replicating its model, a first in Canada attempt to attract doctors by signing them on as city employees.
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