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Vascular surgery plan in place, says Health PEI

Vascular surgery for Prince Edward Islanders will be done in Halifax with some office visits available on the Island, under a new short-term plan developed by Health PEI following the loss of the province's only vascular surgeon.
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Chief wants answers on ORNGE-related death

For nearly six years, the Nishnawbe Aski Nation has been asking for an investigation into the death of a 54-year-old woman on an ORNGE air ambulance.
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Blacks urged to donate blood, stem cells

An urgent shortage of blood and stem cells in the black community is costing lives, Canada's blood agency warns.
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Federal food safety surveillance program stalled

A federal system was established in 2005 to help track potentially deadly food-borne illnesses. Yet fewer than half of its tracking sites are in place, with no timeline for completion.
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Girl has 6 organs replaced at once

A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus.
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