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February 24, 2022

Health care facility in Igloolik closes due to nursing shortage and COVID-19

Nunavut's chronic nursing shortage and the stress COVID-19 has put on frontline staff have combined to close the only health care facility in the isolated community of Igloolik. The staff is on-site for emergency care, but everything else is run online or over the phone.

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