Thessalon emergency department avoids closure, but shortages loom
An undated photo of the exterior of the emergency enterance of North Shore Health Network's Thessalon Hospital on Dawson Street in Thessalon, Ont. (File photo/Cory Nordstrom/CTV News Northern Ontario)
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