Backlog leads to delays in medical lab work
Long lines are greeting many people waiting to get blood work or other medical tests done due to a backlog from laboratories being closed during the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Alberta Health Services reopened some of its lab collection sites on June 16, but a few remain closed. Those that are open require patients and staff to wear PPE and use distancing measures that often stretch lines outside the building. Patients say they understand there are pandemic measures in place, but w
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