The Arcola Family Health Clinic and Hospital have welcomed a new practitioner to the community.
Dr. Remon Ghaly is from Egypt where he practiced medicine for 14 years prior to coming to Canada.
“My father used to work in a small community and I used to go with him to work, so I saw the physicians there and thought about it a lot, it became a goal for me,” Ghaly explained. “Ever since I was about 10-years-old this is what I wanted to do.”
Arriving in Canada in 2010, Ghaly was joined by his wife and two children. Ghaly studied and wrote his exams in Ontario.
“Sask Docs came out to Ontario in 2012, a group of friends that I used to study with heard that they would be in Toronto and we decided to go,” Ghaly said. “It was a long process. I had been offered something in Newfoundland, but wanted I knew I wanted to come to Saskatchewan with my family.”
As he waited for the process to be completed with Sask Docs, Ghaly and his family moved to Calgary where Ghaly worked as at Rockyview General Hospital.
The opportunity to work in Saskatchewan finally presented itself and in discussion with Sun Country, Ghaly found that he would be headed out to Arcola. He and his family visited the area and very much liked what they saw.
“I’ve been in Arcola for one week, which isn’t very much time,” Ghaly said. “But I’ve been in Saskatchewan since last January.”
“It’s a quiet community and there are a lot of nice people here. I’ve seen a lot of nice people and there are perfect staff at the clinic and hospital. My main target here is to start my practice in Canada; I’m very thankful to Sask Docs and Sun Country to be able to start my career again.”
Ghaly emphasized that the people in the community have been extremely welcoming.
“I’ve met a lot of people and they are all very nice, everyone who sees me says, ‘Hi,’” Ghaly said with a smile. “I haven’t had that in Canada yet because we lived in Calgary and out in Ontario, both very busy places. It’s very nice to have that here. It makes me feel very comfortable here.”
