Concern physician assistants could negatively impact treatment

Published: Jan. 17, 2024, 7:17 p.m.

A woman is furious that her husband was unknowingly seen by a physician assistant rather than a doctor, delaying the diagnoses of a serious health condition.\nOverseas-trained "physician assistants" are being recruited to plug the gaps left by chronic doctor shortages, despite being unregulated here.\nRuth Hill reports.