In a special meeting Wednesday afternoon Tantramar council approved spending $5200 a year for the next four years on a scholarship aimed at future doctors and nurse practitioners, with the understanding that those who benefit from the scholarship will in turn commit to practicing in Tantramar.
According to Tantramar Community and Corporate Services director Kieran Miller, the scholarship was started by Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton who is contributing $2500 per year.
The scholarship is administered through the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation, which hosts dozens of similar scholarships, all with “return to service” conditions that require scholarship recipients to practice for a period of time in specific jurisdictions.
