South West Health Welcomes 11 New Docs

Eleven new doctors will be working in Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby over the next eight months. Seven are family physicians and four are specialists who will begin providing consultant services to the residents of South West Health before fall 2013. The health authority indicates four doctors will move to Yarmouth, one in Shelburne and two for Digby county. Chief of Medical Staff, Alenia Kysela says improving access to primary care is a top priority for the health authority. She says officials will continue to attract doctors to help under-serviced areas. Nine of the physicians completed a major portion of their medical education in Canada or the USA.