Some Ontario hospitals offering hefty incentives for locums amid doctor shortage

Some Ontario hospitals offering hefty incentives for locums amid doctor shortage

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities.
“It's sad to see how much worse things can get,” said Switzer, who works as a locum, filling roles on a

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