@DrJacobsRad )In an email sent to OMA members Friday, Dr. David Jacobs said he has resigned from the organization’s board of directors. Jacobs, who is also vice-president of the Ontario Association of Radiologists, wrote that he has reached out to 24 different medical specialty groups and that they have been receptive to the idea of breaking away from the OMA. Under Jacobs’ proposal, specialists would have separate representation from family doctors in contract talks with government. Many doctors, Jacobs included, backed the Conservatives in June’s election in the hopes it would give them an easier ride than the former Liberal government. The OMA is essentially the union representing Ontario’s 34,000 practising and retired physicians in contract talks.

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 23:15 UTC