Colwood Hires City Doctors

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B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about 'crazy' plan to recruit doctors

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Colwood, Victoria , has hired its first family doctor for a city-operated medical clinic.

The Victoria-area city is looking to hire seven more doctors under the first -in- Canada pilot project.

The doctors will be paid as community employees, receiving full medical benefits, vacation and pension.

Some people called the plan “crazy,” when it was first proposed last year , but now it’s receiving interest from other communities across the country.

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