SOUTH HURON – The municipality is being encouraged by Huron Health System (HHS) to offer financial incentives to help recruit doctors to the area.

Jimmy Trieu, president and CEO of HHS, which oversees Exeter’s South Huron Hospital and Goderich’s Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, attended South Huron’s Dec. 1 council meeting and recommended the municipality establish a $50,000 interest-free housing loan program to attract doctors to the region.

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Council made no decision at the Dec. 1 meeting but typically discusses such requests at future sessions.

Trieu said there are physician shortages across the province, particularly in smaller communities. He attributed that to an aging population and a limited talent pipeline, as well as competition that sees hospitals offe

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