Saskatchewan nurses raking in huge cash
Posted Aug 12, 2010 7:56 am.
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Never mind doctors, its nurses who are making the big bucks in Saskatchewan.
A handful of nurses in Regina and Saskatoon earned around $250,000 last year thanks to lots of overtime.
The average general practitioner physician makes about $247,000 a year, but after overhead costs actually takes home about $150,000.
The province’s medical association says nurses making that much money is symptomatic of an ailing health care system.
The group’s president tells The Calgary Herald they’re working to recruit more nurses to prevent health care professionals from becoming overworked.
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