Nova Scotia ponies up first 2 years of operational costs for CBU's new med school

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April 30, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.·2 min read

Premier Tim Houston says investing in a medical school at Cape Breton University and graduating doctors who will work in rural areas will help the government fix health care. (Tom Ayers/CBC - image credit)

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has announced operational funding for the first two years of the new medical school that's under construction at Cape Breton University.

The province is providing $11.6 million over two years, with plans to figure out longer-term funding after the school has been open for a year.

It is slated to open next year and Houston said graduating doctors who will work in rural areas will help the provincial government achieve its top priority.

"I'm so impressed with the progress towards the fall of 2025," the premier said Tuesday in Sydney. "This is a really important pillar in the overall fix to health care in the province that puts us in a good place for the long term."

Cape Breton University president David Dingwall (centre) stands with a group of people involved in construction of a new medical school building slated to open in the fall of 2025.

Cape Breton University president David Dingwall, centre, stands with a group of people involved in construction of a medical school building slated to open in the fall of 2025. (Tom Ayers/CBC)

The government also announced $1.5 million to support five additional medical students at Dalhousie University starting this year, bringing the total to 30 seats aimed at eventually graduating family physicians in rural Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton, Mi'kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities.

The seats include a return-of-service agreement that requires the doctors to work in rural Nova Scotia for several years after graduation.

Creating a new medical school in Cape Breton, under Dalhousie's guidance, is one of the province's strategies to find primary care for the growing number of Nova Scotians without a family doctor.

The province is providing the $58.9 million in capital funding to build the new medical sciences building at CBU, plus a collaborative care clinic for up to 10,000 patients and an expanded health and counselling centre.

Cape Breton University president David Dingwall is seen here with Premier Tim Houston and CBU associate vice-president Tanya Brann-Barrett.

Dingwall was joined by Houston and CBU associate vice-president Tanya Brann-Barrett at the funding announcement in Sydney. (Tom Ayers/CBC)

CBU president David Dingwall said construction is on schedule and the operational funding is a key piece that will ensure the medical school can open on time.

"You can't reach out to someone and say, 'Hey, will you come and teach at the med school?' if you don't have the money to do it," said Dingwall, adding that the time is right to secure operational funding.

"With the med school progressing so well in terms of the capital side, it just made a lot of sense."

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