Expanding access to pharmacy services
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Summary
Shoppers Drug Mart has invested $77 million in Alberta over the next five years to expand their network of healthcare professionals and infrastructure to help address some of the growing demands on the public system today. This is a win for everyone, from patients to frontline healthcare workers, and it's a relief for our overburdened system.
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Anyone feeling sick will be able to book an appointment or walk into the nearest clinic
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and get a consultation for care if needed. Increased accessibility will take tremendous
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pressure off of doctors' offices and emergency rooms of hospitals. And people who are under
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the weather won't have to travel far or spend so much time waiting or suffering to receive
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medical assistance. Plus, Albertans will have another option to get some care where there
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may be no other place to go. And this is a win for everyone, from patients to frontline healthcare
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workers. And it's a relief for our overburdened system. So I'd like to thank Jeff and the entire
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team at Shoppers, both for their investment and for their willingness to try a new approach in Alberta.
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It's your welcoming and collaborative approach that has given us the confidence as a company to
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make a minimum capital investment of $77 million in this province since 2022, to expand our network
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of healthcare professionals and infrastructure to help address some of the growing demands