Healthcare 911: The Plight of Immigrant Medical Doctors
Monday, April 28 at 9 pm
It's no secret that Canada is in a health care crisis. With more and more layoffs, closed clinics and wards, and hospital overcrowdings, Canada is falling fast from its reputation as one of the best health care systems in the world – the public, in turn, is suffering. Hiding in our cities is part of the solution – immigrant medical doctors ready and willing to work. Some boasting years and years of specialization and practice in foreign countries, they are now filling menial, minimum-wage jobs instead of the role of doctors. Set against the backdrop of Canada's ailing health care system, Healthcare 911 profiles several of these foreign trained medical doctors trying desperately to get their credentials recognized and begin work in Canada as doctors. Their stories are told through the eyes of immigrant filmmaker Jiyar Gol, as he goes head to head with the College of Physicians and Surgeons and BC's Minister of Health looking for answers.