Stewart: Saudi medical trainees mask a problem Canada should correct

The Saudi Arabian government’s pending threat of withdrawing Saudi medical residents (doctors undergoing specialty training after obtaining their MD) and fellows (those undertaking further training in a sub-specialty) is causing great consternation in Canadian university hospitals. There are between 750 and 1,000 Saudi trainees distributed among almost every medical faculty in Canada. Having known, taught and worked with many Saudi doctors, I have great personal sympathy for them if this a