MD shortage to worsen
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If you don&#39;t have a family doctor you&#39;re not alone. A new national poll says Canada&#39;s doctor shortage is about to get a lot worse with a record number of physicians set to retire in two years and the remainder cutting back the number of hours they work.
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The demand for flu vaccine was so great last year that the Carter County Health Department and most area doctors had their supplies depleted by the middle of December.
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A new report from the Canadian Medical Association on Canada&#39;s doctor shortage suggests that Canada would need 4700 new doctors if the doctors who currently work over 60 hours a week stopped doing so. The report also suggest that if Canada followed the EU ...
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The future of medicine in the UK is at risk due to the closure of university science departments, doctors say.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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TORONTO (CP) - A shortage of homegrown physicians, combined with the aggressive recruitment of Canadian doctors by other countries, is a &quot;perfect storm&quot; that threatens Canada&#39;s health-care reforms, the president of the Canadian Medical Association said
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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Not enough resources are being allocated to deal with the rise in sex infections  a specialist says.
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An influx of doctors lured to Texas by new limits on malpractice lawsuits has overwhelmed the state board that screens candidates for medical licenses, creating a backlog that forces many applicants to wait months before they can start seeing patients.
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TORONTO (CP) - A shortage of homegrown physicians, combined with the aggressive recruitment of Canadian doctors by other countries, is a "perfect storm" that threatens Canada's health-care reforms, the president of the Canadian Medical Association said Wednesday.
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Even though there&#39;s a steady increase in the number of new registered nurses in the United States, it&#39;s still not enough to prevent a long-term shortage that could cripple
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THE flight of doctors and nurses from public hospitals is without doubt the largest crisis in health care today. The scale of the problem is staggering. According to the Health Systems Trust, 52574 posts were vacant in the public health sector last year, ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Already struggling financially because of patients who do not pay, the county&#39;s emergency rooms could face more money woes and crowding because of the flu vaccine shortage.
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Hospital emergency departments across the United States, already struggling with overcrowding and growing patient loads, are increasingly unable to find specialists to help treat seriously injured and ill patients, according to medical experts.
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Most physician-owned specialty hospitals are poorly equipped to handle medical emergencies, federal investigators will report today, underscoring a long-standing concern about the rapid rise in the number of such hospitals.
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Md. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) has predicted that a new wave of obstetricians will close their practices in the wake of a 33 percent rise in the cost of malpractice insurance, which takes effect Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON  - Policymakers and the medical  profession need to recognize and take immediate steps to avert  a looming shortage of physicians, analysts told a forum on  Capitol Hill Tuesday.