MELFORT – A new doctor will be coming to Melfort starting this fall.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced on April 3 a new family medicine practitioner has been recruited and will be joining the Melfort healthcare community.
“Melfort’s size was appealing and the services and practitioners within the community matched more of the style of practice I was hoping to have,” said Dr. Evan Mah. “Really, it is all about being able to use your years of training and education to help your patients. Being able to do that in a community that you get to live in and support, both personally and professionally, makes it even more rewarding.”
Mah is one of the new physicians hired in Saskatchewan over the past year, working in rural Saskatchewan, as part of the Government of Saskatchewan’s Health Human Resource Plan. He was drawn to Melfort because of the proximity to his family in Regina and the mentorship offered by experienced physicians in the community.
In addition, Mah was able to further his surgical skills training in Prince Albert his practice through the University of Saskatchewan’s Enhanced Surgical Skill program. The ESS program gives general practitioners an opportunity to receive more training in surgery and obstetrics, preparing them with the skill to provide emergency treatments such as Caesarian sections, appendectomies and abscess removals, along with tests like gastroscopies and colonoscopies.
“My ability to provide these types of procedures in Melfort means patients can deliver their babies closer to home, family and support systems,” Dr. Mah explains. “This increases access for patients, so receiving health care is less of a burden on their day-to-day life.”
“It’s exciting to see a skilled physician like Dr. Evan Mah choose to serve his province and practice in a rural community like Melfort,” said Dr. Jordan Wingate, SHA Deputy Medical Officer and Melfort physician. “The value of a network of health-care practitioners to support and attract new physicians to rural and remote communities cannot be overstated. The citizens of Melfort are overjoyed to have him there.”
