Virtual-care clinics may be adding pressure to the overwhelmed health-care system, the Ontario Medical Association said Thursday, even as some patients and doctors say they are vital alternatives to an otherwise necessary visit to an emergency room. Read More
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Virtual walk-in clinics may contribute more strain to health-care system: OMA
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