Medical student scrapping plan to stay in N.L., looking at joining Canadian military
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Matthew Lamont says he was planning to stay in Newfoundland and Labrador after finishing medical school, but now he's considering leaving to join the Canadian military instead because he fears it's become too difficult to practice family medicine in the province.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association says almost one in five people in the province don't have a family doctor and it warns the province isn't doing enough to convince medical students to stay after they graduate.
Lamont's case supports what the NLMA saying.
The second-year medical student at Memorial University, originally from New Brunswick, said he's put down roots in Newfoundland and was planning to stay, but recently began questioning that decision and looking at other options.
Lamont sat down with CBC's Mark Quinn to talk about his concerns.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
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