Alberta announces incentives to lure doctors to rural communities

Starting Tuesday, the province is accepting applications for doctors willing to work in rural communities, and Monday they announced funding incentives to encourage them. The Rural Education Supplement and Integrated Doctor Experiment (RESIDE) is providing $20 million in funding for 20 doctors over the next three years. In return, doctors will practice in 15 communities already identified as being in need, with another five communities to be named in coming years. Physicians who set up a shingle