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The head of the Refugee Health Clinic at the Centre for Family Medicine in Kitchener says his clinic is no longer able to keep up with the number of patients he is requested to see, and is being forced to turn people away.
The director of a Kitchener-based health care clinic for refugees says he’s worried newcomers making their way to Waterloo region won’t be able to get the adequate health care they need as the clinic has had to turn new patients away as a result of capacity issues.
An Ontario government-funded interpreter program in Waterloo and Wellington regions that's been called critical for those seeking medical support is at risk of getting cut by the end of this month, amid a time of need for an influx of Afghan refugees entering Canada.