A new report from Doctors Manitoba says the province gained more physicians over the past year, but is still struggling to retain them.

According to the 2025 Physicians in Manitoba report, Manitoba’s net increase of 164 doctors was record-breaking, but only 60 per cent of students and residents say they plan to work in Manitoba in future.

Doctors Manitoba president Dr. Nichelle Desilets told 680 CJOB’s The Start that the province needs to work on making improvements to retention.

“These students are training in our facilities, in our medical environments, and they’re talking to their colleagues across the country,” Desilets said.

“They know the system that they’re training in and the system that they might be practicing in, in the future.

“I think we really need to take that as a

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