Ontario's Health Minister has given assurances that the Rainy River Health Centre's emergency room will not close when the town loses its only doctor next month.Mayor Deb Ewald says Deb Matthews made the remark during her visit with the Minister last week in Toronto.
Ewald says she didn't get an answer to resolving the town's doctor shortage, but didn't expect to get one at that meeting.
The town wants the Health Ministry to consider a different funding formula that's more attractive to doctors to work in small communities where patient volumes are low.
The town's last remaining doctor is ending his practice April 16.
