Julie Leroux is a third-year medical student and president of the NOSM University student council.
A medical student in northern Ontario says she welcomes the federal government’s plans to forgive their student loans, but more can be done to attract doctors to rural and remote areas.A medical student in northern Ontario says she welcomes the federal government's plans to forgive their student loans, but more can be done to attract doctors to rural and remote areas.
The Ontario Medical Association says 2.3 million people in the province don't have a family doctor, and has called the situation "especially challenging" in northern and rural Ontario. "Medical school is usually pretty demanding in terms of schedule, in terms of what it asks of you. So it's pretty hard to have even a part time job during medical studies," Leroux said.
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