Housing for healthcare professionals in Oliver has made an incremental but important step forward following meetings between the Oliver delegation and the Ministry of Health during the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver.
BC Premier David Eby on Wednesday (May 29) announced the pending expansion of the South Okanagan and Similkameen Primary Care Network as a concrete investment in healthcare for the South Okanagan but gave no timeframe.
The Town of Osoyoos is set to engage local medical professionals as it embarks on a new strategy to “go it alone” in a bid to attract and retain doctors and nurse practitioners.
While the province is making it easier for internationally-educated nurses to work in BC, the mayor of Oliver is perplexed why the town is being left out of an incentive program for healthcare professionals.
The B.C. government appears to have made some headway in their attempts to draw new family doctors to the province with financial incentives, according to a statement released earlier this month.
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