'We will get this right': N.S. announces $58 million in funding for new medical campus amid health-care crisis
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The Nova Scotia government is spending $58.9 million to develop the province's second medical school campus at the Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S., within the next two years.
The Nova Scotia government is spending $58.9 million to develop the province's second medical school campus at the Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S., within the next two years.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made the announcement during a press conference Tuesday afternoon in Sydney.
“The best way to make sure rural Nova Scotians have access to the health care they need is to train students who come from rural communities,” said Houston in a press release.
“This campus will focus on Nova Scotians who are excited to practice in rural communities. These students will become doctors who are ready to hit the ground running faster in our rural communities.”
According to Houston, the new school will train 30 new doctors every year, in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine.
It will also include a new collaborative care clinic at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Marconi campus in Sydney and an expansion of Cape Breton University’s (CBU) health and counselling centre.
“We need to provide better, faster care, and this second medical campus will do that by transforming the way in which we deliver care to Nova Scotians," said Health Minister Michelle Thompson in the release.
