Marathon Family Health Team Doctor Works Last Shift

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Marathon Family Health Team Doctor Works Last Shift

Written by admin on 04 January 2011

Physician Recruiter Brett Redden, Photo OntarioNewsNorth.com

MARATHON, ON – January 1st, 2010 Dr. Peter Cunniffe finished his last shift as a member of the Marahon Family Health Team bringing the total number of physicians lost to three. Marathon’s catchment is now beginning the new year with only five (5) family physicians.

Faced with this dilemma, the Marathon Family Health Team, Wilson Memorial General Hospital and the Town of Marathon formed the Marathon Physician Recruitment Committee in May 2010. As Dr. Sarah Newbery, a member of the committee explains, “Recruitment activities need to be facilitated on an urgent basis for the purpose of locating qualified family physicians. A failure to commit resources to the role of recruitment and retention will likely result in a significant change to primary and acute healthcare services for Marathon, Pic River and Pic Mobert First Nations.”

With the generous assistance of Barrick Gold, Pic Mobert First Nation, Wilson Memorial General Hospital, Marathon Family Health Team and the Town of Marathon, the Marathon Physician Recruitment Committee has secured the funding to hire a Physician Recruiter on a contract basis.

The Committee is pleased to announce that it has filled the Physician Recruiter position with Mr. Brett Redden of Marathon. Mr. Redden comes to the position with experience in health care facility management and the challenges associated with hiring health care professionals. As a relatively new member to the community with a young family, he is also acutely aware of the importance of health care and the role that physicians play in the overall health of a community.

Mr. Redden will be responsible for the administration and coordination of the overall physician recruitment efforts for the community of Marathon and will report directly to the Marathon Physician Recruitment Committee. He has begun his duties and will be working out of the Marathon Family Health Team clinic.