Mr. Speaker, through the Department of Human Resources, there is some cultural competency training, or cultural awareness training, that is provided. We do encourage any practitioner coming into the Northwest Territories to go through that information. However, with some of the locums, many of the locums are coming in for a very short period of time and they are hitting the ground running. I can't guarantee that every individual goes through that training. I would like to say that, ultimately, what we would like to have happen in Sahtu, as we would in all other regions, is permanent physicians who are part of the community, who can be part of a long-term solution. We do struggle in the Sahtu to find a permanent physician who can become part of the community and be more effective over the long term.
Glen Abernethy on Question 806-18(2): Sahtu Health Workers' Locum Program
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 806-18(2): Sahtu Health Workers' Locum Program
Oral Questions
May 31st, 2017
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