Greater Moncton has been positioned as New Brunswick’s Health Centre of Excellence. The announcement was made by Mayors George LeBlanc, City of Moncton, Jean LeBlanc, City of Dieppe, Clarence Sweetland, Town of Riverview along with Robert Goguen, Chair of Enterprise Greater Moncton (EGM).

The Mayors have mandated EGM along with local economic development agencies and identified health stakeholders to establish an Advisory Board that will lead the development of a regional health strategy.

The Greater Moncton initiative is based on five pillars of excellence: 

1. Quality and Diversity in the Delivery of Health Services 
2. Quality Training of Health Professionals 
3. Quality Health Research and Development 
4. Quality of Business, Health Technologies and Innovation 
5. Quality of the Communities’ Commitment in Health

• 40 study programs 
• 1,600 students (including 125 in medicine) 
• 75 researchers 
• $5.5 million per year in R&D funding 
• 600 physicians 
• 150 physicians involved in teaching medicine 
• 2 major teaching hospitals 
• 6,000 jobs in the public health related fields 
• 1,100 jobs in the private sector
  Approximately 10% of the workforce

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