They’re willing to wait six years as it pays for a medical student’s education:
The town of Boissevain is about to sign a contract with a student from Brandon heading off to medical school in Hungary.The community will pay for Rikki Yahiro’s six years of education, if he works in the community for an equivalent amount of time once he’s completed his program.
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They are getting him cheap. Hungarian med schools cost $20000 in tuition for all 6 years.
It’s a win-win. The town will get a GP, and the doctor will have a Canadian medical license at return (much more important than the money).
He might get the licence, but he’ll also need the residency training. That might be a bit more difficult, considering how many IMGs apply for those positions. Why not sponsor a University of Manitoba student?
Seems like a not-so-hot idea. Let’s say you sponsor him and he can’t get a residency or it takes him a long time to find a spot – a very likely scenario. Just find a willing student already in a Canadian medical school. They might be getting this guy for cheap, but there’s still a lot of risk involved.
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