PMH tours physician around Rossburn and Shoal Lake
Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) is continuing site visits for the physicians it has sponsored in 2025-2026 through the provincial Medical Licensure Program for International Medical Graduates (MLPIMG). The MLPIMG Program assists foreign-trained doctors in obtaining their medical license to be able to practice as a family physician in Manitoba. PMH has sponsored seven physicians this year and has begun individually introducing each of the candidates to the communities they will be practicing in following their successful graduation from the program.
On Jan.31 and Feb. 1, the region helped introduce Dr. Ana Hernandez to the communities of Rossburn and Shoal Lake. Dr. Hernandez will be practicing in those two communities sometime in September 2026.
Tamara Kemp-Boulet, Physician Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the health region says the physicians were designated to be placed at various sites within PMH communities that require additional physician resources. She says the site visits are a great way of introducing physicians and their families to the area and communities they will be involved in.
“We are very happy to participate in these site and community visits, which can include checking out daycares, schools, recreation activities, touring health-care facilities and meeting with council members and real estate agents, and other key community individuals and representatives,” Kemp-Boulet said.
The seven internationally trained doctors have signed return-of-service agreements requiring them to work in rural communities within the health region Kemp-Boulet added. Communities allocated for this graduating class include Rossburn and Shoal Lake, Killarney, Minnedosa, Ste. Rose and Russell, all starting in the fall. Site visits have already been held with the physicians in Killarney and Minnedosa with more planned over the coming weeks and months.
