Some doctors in rural Alberta are threatening to leave the province when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, blaming the Alberta government for cuts to fees for hospital and clinic visits. Dr. Cian Hackett, a rural generalist in the town of Rimbey in central Alberta, said he plans to leave when the crisis is over. Hackett, one of six doctors in the town of 2,100 people, works at a clinic and the emergency room at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre. "I think rural physicians are feeling it even more." Cuts hurt care model, doctor saysDuring the pandemic, the Alberta government deferred its move to change the amount doctors will get for longer visits with patients, known as a complex modifier.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2020 00:18 UTC