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Stretched Alberta doctors told to drop healthy patients

Jan 28, 2025
20:00

Doctors struggling to care for all of their patients in Alberta have been advised to drop the healthy ones, to make sure they have time for those with the greatest health needs. The new guidelines are drafted with safety in mind, but critics and frustrated patients say it’s a sad indicator of how stretched the country’s health care system has become.

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