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By Cedric Gallant Local Journalism Initiative 24\/05\/2024 14:22 An opposition party motion calling for a CT scanner to be installed in Nunavik has received unanimous support Tuesday in Quebec\u2019s National Assembly. Acadia MNA Andr\u00e9 Morin, the Liberal spokesperson for relations with First Nations and Inuit, called on the CAQ government to offer medical imaging services in the region by installing CT scans \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d \u201cWould the CAQ government tolerate that citizens of Laval or Trois-Rivi\u00e8res need to travel 1,500 kilometres to obtain a medical diagnosis?\u201d Morin said later that day in a news release, calling it \u201cunacceptable\u201d that northern residents have to do that. \u201cIt is the responsibility of the state to offer the same services to all citizens on the whole of its territory, even more so… <\/p>\n

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By Cedric Gallant Local Journalism Initiative 24\/05\/2024 14:22 An opposition party motion calling for a CT scanner to be installed in Nunavik has received unanimous support Tuesday in Quebec\u2019s National Assembly. Acadia MNA Andr\u00e9 Morin, the Liberal spokesperson for relations with First Nations and Inuit, called on the CAQ government to offer medical imaging services in the region by installing CT scans \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d \u201cWould the CAQ government tolerate that citizens of Laval or Trois-Rivi\u00e8res need to travel 1,500 kilometres to obtain a medical diagnosis?\u201d Morin said later that day in a news release, calling it \u201cunacceptable\u201d that northern residents have to do that. \u201cIt is the responsibility of the state to offer the same services to all citizens on the whole of its territory, even more so... <\/p>\n

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