Dozens of people with chronic pain are without care in Quebec s Magdalen Islands, says a doctor whose flight cancellations have put treatment on hold for many of his patients.
Nearly 60 patients on Quebec's Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Regional health authorities fear medical specialists will abandon the region if travel issues aren't fixed.
Even some of Quebec's most remote regions are feeling the effects of Omicron's rapid spread this week, with the number of new cases topping 120 in the Gaspé and the Magdalen islands in the past two days.
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