Manitoba’s health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province.
Eight months after the province inked a two-year deal with Canadian Health Labs (CHL), the firm has yet to recruit a single doctor to the province, the government confirmed on Tuesday.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara is promising to review the contract as the government evaluates any further actions to take.
“Of course, it’s disappointing,” Asagwara said after an unrelated news conference.
“Manitobans are counting on governments — previous government and our government included — to make sure that we’re recruiting the physicians needed to
