{
  "id": 11677817,
  "title": "Alberta doesn't just need more physicians, it needs more time for them be doctors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/alberta-doesnt-just-need-more-physicians-it-needs-more-time-for-them",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-03T12:03:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/alberta-doesnt-just-need-more-physicians-it-needs-more-time-for-them-be-doctors"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alberta is working hard to recruit more physicians. But imagine hiring a new doctor and then requiring them to spend more than a full working day every week filling out forms. Have we actually gained a doctor’s full worth of medical capacity? When we talk about a physician shortage, we count doctors. We rarely count […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}