The growing rift between Saudi Arabia and Canada could impact a decades-long agreement between the two countries that allows Saudi medical students to be trained in Canada.
“They are going to have to find a country where they can do their fellowships and residencies, and there are very few countries that allow that,” said Stephen Walston, director of the Eccles School’s Master of Healthcare Administration program. Walston served on the Saudi Ministry of Health’s International Advisory Board for five years and did extensive healthcare consulting in Saudi Arabia for more than a decade. “There is no way they can access the U.S. system. Thousands of students are affected by this. I feel sorry for them.”
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