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‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C.

Marina Lousararian and Loicel Aguero are both trained specialists in their home countries, Argentina and Venezuela. But the cost of getting certified in Canada is very high.

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They worked as medical specialists in their countries, but they can’t get certified in B.C.

Last November, the B.C. government announced it is expanding a program that helps internationally educated doctors get licences in B.C, but it's only for family doctors.

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