Medics who moved from Ukraine are outraged by the lack of support in Nova Scotia
The provincial authorities drag out the process of obtaining a work permit.
Amid the worsening health care crisis in Canada, there have been reports that provincial governments are not helping speed up the hiring of ready-to-work medics.
Medical workers from Ukraine who have settled in Nova Scotia say they are frustrated by how difficult it is to get a work permit.
The province attracted specialists with the Nova Scotia Health program, which promised them employment. The stream for doctors, which is supposed to fill empty places in medical facilities with immigrants, looked promising. In reality, however, as Ukrainians say, the programs don't work.
They report that the biggest problems they face are related to licensing: you have to wait weeks for answers from officials.
One of the nurses, who has been waiting endlessly for news from the commissioners, believes that the authorities are not using the medical staff they have at their disposal during the crisis. She also stresses that she does not have the opportunity to go to full-time school for certification, because she has to work and provide for herself and the daughter she came with.
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