Pathology woes continue in Canada

Posted on August 21, 2011 by ev1

From Dark Daily 8/15/2011: Even as the Province of Manitoba deals with some highly-publicized issues in anatomic pathology, over in the neighboring Province of Saskatchewan, a sizeable backlog in anatomic pathology cases earlier in the year caused the Saskatoon Health Region to refer pathology cases to another region within the province.

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