A new physician-training program at Bluewater Health has been a long time coming, says the chief of staff at Sarnia's hospital.

A new physician-training program at Bluewater Health has been a long time coming, says the chief of staff at Sarnia’s hospital.

“We’ve been working on this for like seven, eight years,” said Dr. Mike Haddad.

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Recently, five third-year medical students at Western University started year-long placements in Sarnia, learning from local physicians in areas like surgery, internal medicine and obstetrics.

The clerkship program, announced last year , was celebrated Monday in Sarnia.

It’s an evolution of a partnership with Western’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry that for years has seen Bluewater Health hosting third-year students for t

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