There's a new face walking the halls at Bluewater Health. Director of Professional Staff Programs Alison Mahon says Dr. Abdalla Abdalla joins the professional staff at the hospital's Sarnia site. "Dr. Abdalla is an Internist and he has recently joined the medicine department and he will be looking after patients as well in the Telemetry Unit." Dr. Abdalla completed his medical degree at Tanta University in Egypt and his Internal Medicine residency in the UK. Since 2008, Dr. Abdalla has been practicing at Fort St. John Hospital in British Columbia. Mahon says Bluewater Health has recruited over 43 new physicians since 2009.
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