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Alberta has cancelled 8,500 surgeries since late August, as the fourth wave of the pandemic hits the province's hospitals hard.
More than 800 of those operations were for kids.
Heather Yourex-West reports on the toll on pediatric patients and the emergency solutions that are in the works.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8246550/opposition-leaders-call-on-province-to-reduce-surgery-backlog/
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More than 800 of those operations were for kids.
Heather Yourex-West reports on the toll on pediatric patients and the emergency solutions that are in the works.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8246550/opposition-leaders-call-on-province-to-reduce-surgery-backlog/
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