There are hospitals in Whitehorse (54 beds), Dawson City (6 beds), and Watson Lake (6 beds). Whitehorse has approximately 60 GPs and specialists. Watson Lake has 3 GP’s. Dawson City has 3 GP’s. Mayo also has a physician. Other communities (Carcross, Teslin, Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, Destruction Bay, Haines Junction, Beaver Creek, Faro, Ross River, Old Crow) rely on Community Health Centres, with care mainly delivered by community health nurses and visiting physicians. Details on
services available at each Community Health Centre are available here: https://ykhealthguide.org/cs-communities.html A medical license costs $200/year, which is reimbursed fully. A locum license costs $50/year. For locum opportunities, please see: https://yukondoctors.ca/locum and https://yukondocs.ca/ To learn about working in the Yukon, please see https://yukondocs.ca Fee-for-service pay schedule available here: http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/paymentschedule.php The provincial and territorial representatives to Council are elected as per the bylaws. Please share information, questions and concerns with your respective representative. The outcome will come back to you via the rural news, this website, the RuralMed mailing list, or directly via your representative. If you feel you have something to contribute, let us know! |