Quesnel, B.C., rolling out the red carpet to attract U.S.-trained doctors — and it's working
2026-07-02 from cbc.ca
The community of Quesnel in northern B.C. is pulling out all the stops to attract U.S.-trained physicians and solve previously long waits for family doctors.
A health-care recruiter in the community of around 10,000 people says the city's so-called "red carpet" approach is working — with at least four doctors committed to work there by the end of the summer.
Quesnel's push to attract American-educated physicians comes amid a wider push by the B.C. government to do so, especially in a bid to alleviate health-care shortages in rural communities.
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