Behind ER doors: How this northeastern Ontario hospital is using non-financial incentives to recruit doctors – CBC

Manitoulin Health Centre hires full-time physician recruiter, moves to reduce local doctor burnout

Feb 04, 2025

While rural northeastern Ontario hospitals compete financially for visiting temporary doctors to keep their emergency rooms open, some are casting about for other ways to ease the burden on local doctors to prevent burnout.

At the two-site Manitoulin Health Centre in Little Current and Mindemoya, where each location is operating with half the provincially mandated number of local doctors, president and CEO Paula Fields admits the system is fragile.

In Little Current, they’re operating with about seven doctors but are funded for 13.5.

“We’re one physician illness or nursing illness away from closing the doors,” Fields said.

“We’re extremely concerned over our physicians, and our nurses, and their schedules, work-life balance, and their well-being, as well as ensuring that we provide quality care and timely care to our community.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/work-life-balance-recruiting-nurses-doctors-northeastern-ontario-1.7449180