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‘This is real medicine,’ Toronto-born doctor says about time working in small northern communities

May 07, 2024

Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories.

Giles, who was still a student at the time, flew in and out of seven different communities, providing care “with the most amazing doctor ever.”

“I thought to myself, ‘This is real medicine. This is what I want to do,'” said the doctor, a former board member of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada who now lives and works in Kenora, Ont.

As rural health-care facilities in Manitoba, Canada and across the country struggle to find staff to keep their services running, Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery offered their insights on how they might overcome those problems.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rural-medicine-doctor-1.7195600