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When Nicholas Lind left the University of Iowa’s emergency medicine residency last summer and began working full-time in Cedar Rapids, he didn’t expect to see so many hospitals — from urban ERs to rural critical access facilities — all clamoring for physicians at the same time.

“Everybody’s hiring,” Lind said. “I still work at the university part-time because they're just in desperate need of docs there. You know, we’re still recruiting docs for our group, and my understanding is the Mercy ER group is as well. So I think there’s plenty to go around right now. We’re all trying to get more docs.”

He noted UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo “is in desperate need of more” physicians.

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