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\u00a0By Brian Williams \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION- Queen’s Park is investing more than $1.4 million to expand health care services at two First Nations medical centres in Southwestern Ontario. The funding, announced Wednesday, will expand team-based primary care for a pair of Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC) locations, Chippewas of the Thames and Newbury, and address the need for more services and greater access to health care for Indigenous peoples. “We’re going to be able to expand care here at Chippewa (and) we’re also going to be able to expand at the Newbury site, which is really needed out there (because) there’s been some physician retirements in that area,” said Dave Remy, SOAHAC’s director of client care. Remy said Wednesday’s announcement was… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0By Brian Williams \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION- Queen’s Park is investing more than $1.4 million to expand health care services at two First Nations medical centres in Southwestern Ontario. The funding, announced Wednesday, will expand team-based primary care for a pair of Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC) locations, Chippewas of the Thames and Newbury, and address the need for more services and greater access to health care for Indigenous peoples. “We’re going to be able to expand care here at Chippewa (and) we’re also going to be able to expand at the Newbury site, which is really needed out there (because) there’s been some physician retirements in that area,” said Dave Remy, SOAHAC’s director of client care. Remy said Wednesday’s announcement was... <\/p>\n

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