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Another high-profile London doctor is sounding off about budget cuts at the London Health Sciences Centre, this time involving its organ transplant program, saying he quit his job because “I was tired of banging my head against the wall.”

The program’s budget has eroded and about a half-dozen, high-level people have left, said Paul Marotta, who recently quit as the medical director of liver transplantation, adding he’s concerned about LHSC’s ability to recruit replacements.

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“There is a threat, an immediate threat,” said Marotta. “We are losing people with 20 to 30 years’ experience, and there is not a real strategy to recruit. The deficit grows, cuts are happening. It is difficult.”

But LHSC’s chief medical officer insists that while the hospital has lost doctors, it has been actively recruiting and the quality of care the hospital delivers remains high.

“I am not concerned about the status of our transplant (program),” said Adam Dukelow, adding the care is “high quality every day.”