The provincial government has announced plans to invest $309.5 million dollars towards recruiting, retaining, and training healthcare workers in Manitoba - with a particular focus on hiring 100 new doctors within a year.
In making the announcement in Winnipeg on Thursday, Premier Wab Kinew added there would also be increases in funding for physician recruitment, and medical residency spots by 38 per cent.
The announcement is part of a promise made in the 2024 budget to hire a total of 1,000 new healthcare workers this year.
The province says hiring physicians is one part of its strategy to improve the overall healthcare system by retaining, recruiting and training more workers with new training seats, streamlined licensing for internationally educated healthcare workers, and community recruitment.
