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Provincial Doctor Wait-List Hits Record High

A record number of Nova Scotians need a family doctor.

As of April 1st, the number of citizens on the province’s wait-list hit 88,300, a three percent increase over the previous month.

Around 30,000 are on the list in Halifax alone, that’s a seven per cent bump since March.

Around 8.8 per cent of the province’s population are on the list.

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    Kevin Northup has been a reporter and news anchor for more than 15 years. He is based in Yarmouth and covers stories locally and across Nova Scotia. Contact Kevin at northupk@radioabl.ca.

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