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When distant governments closed the local hospital and the doctors left town the community felt betrayed.
Kinmount, Ontario joined the growing number of rural communities across Canada without health care. But the town fought back and this film is about their victory against the odds.
When advertising failed to produce a physician the community raised funds and converted an empty office building into a modern clinic. And still they waited. When Doctor Elena Mihu at last answered an ad Kinmount held its breath. Would she stay?
With a surprising degree of openness A Country Doctor follows the first years of Dr Mihu's practice - both the victories and the tragedies as the doctor struggles to care for her community. As Kinmount tries to forget what life was like without a doctor the waiting list to join Dr Mihu's practice grows. Canada needs a thousand such doctors.
2002, 70 min 53 s
