The on-going doctor shortage that plagues the Central Valley region could move a step toward a solution with a renewed call to fund a medical school at the University of California Merced campus. Assemblymember Adam C. Gray (D – Merced) recently introduced legislation to establish a medical school at the UC Merced campus as well as bills aimed at improving health outcomes in rural California. AB 2202 would appropriate an unspecified amount of funding from the state’s general fund surplus to establish the University of California, Merced School of Medicine.
Calls renewed for UC Merced medical school
