Dr. Ali Vaseghi (l) and Dr. Negin Amiri Ghahfarokhi will soon provide physician services in Porcupine Plain. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

By Cam Lee

New local doctors

New physicians coming to the northeast

Jun 1, 2020 | 12:19 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has hired three new doctors that will call local communities home.

Dr. Negin Amiri Ghahfarokhi and her husband, Dr. Ali Vaseghi, will provide physician services out of the Porcupine Medical Clinic, effective Monday, June 8.

Both Dr. Ghahfarokhi and Dr. Vaseghi are from Iran, and received their training at Azad University of Medical Science in Isfahan, Iran.

You can contact the Porcupine Medical Clinic at 306-278-2151 to make an appointment.

The town of Tisdale is also set to welcome a new physician.

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Dr. Omotayo Abiara will provide services out of the Northeast Medical Clinic in Tisdale, starting Monday, June 15.

Dr. Abiara is from Nigeria, and earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University in Ibadan, Nigeria.

She also holds a Master’s Degree in clinical embryology from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

Dr. Omotayo Abiara and family. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

The SHA said in its news release Dr. Abiara has more than 10 years of experience as a family physician and general medical practitioner, and has a special interest in women’s health.

Patients looking for a family physician can call Northeast Medical Clinic at 306-873-4561 to have their patient files transferred, and to make an appointment.

Editor’s note: this article was amended to correct the phone number initially given for the Porcupine Medical Clinic.

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