Shandro says it’s important to make sure more rural students are accepted into medical studies

On today’s episode of the Trending 55 Hot Seat, we talked with Health Minister Tyler Shandro about a wide range of topics, including:

• Bills 65 and 66
• the targeting of Alberta Health Services employees and facilities
• raising awareness of organ and tissue donations
• a question an MLA asked about the acceptance rate of perspective rural medical students to the Universities of Alberta and Calgary; and,
• is he still confident that everyone who wants a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can get one by June 30^th?

The full discussion is below.

– Kenny Trenton, Trending 55 Newsroom