The province announcing a half million dollar shot in the arm for a program that provides bursaries to undergrad medical students who plan to work as doctors.
The New Brunswick Medical Education Trust is aimed at attracting medical students to the province and retaining them once they start work as physicians.
The trust also aims to encourage New Brunswickers who studied medicine in other provinces to come home.
It was formally established in 2009 and 28 students received the 2013 awards this week.
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