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CP NewsAlert: Feds commit another $2B to cut health backlogs caused by COVID-19

Mar 25, 2022 | 11:36 AM

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion as a one-time top-up to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2022.

The Canadian Press