2023-08-16 02:23:15
Dozens of doctors and health professionals are joining forces to maintain the thoracic surgery service in Mauricie.
The objective is to recruit a surgeon to replace the one who will be retiring soon.
“A single surgeon, he is all alone all the time. Often, surgeons are keen to be helped. When they need a colleague, it’s important that there are two of them and taking on-call duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is not possible”, said the assistant director of professional services for Trois-Rivières and Maskinongé, Dr. Thierry Dambry.
The coveted candidate is currently practicing in Brazil, but he speaks French, since he did part of his studies at Laval University. A friend of his works in the area.
Visit of the facilities, meeting with the staff and short tour of the city; Mauricie is in seduction mode with the Brazilian.
Currently, approximately 280 people obtain surgery for Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec. These patients should be redirected to Quebec or Montreal, in the absence of the department.
A dozen positions are vacant in Quebec and new graduates are extremely rare.
For a nuclear medicine specialist very involved in the file, being treated at home has a very great value, she who had to follow her daughter outside for treatment once morest cancer.
“It was very insecure and we were bored to be at home, mentioned doctor Virginie Bruneau. It would have been easier also for the support of friends and family.
She even fears that some patients will go without surgery to the detriment of their health because they have to go away.
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