Alberta Accepts Bid for Private Hip-knee Surgical Clinic on First Nation Land

Alberta Accepts Bid for Private Hip-knee Surgical Clinic on First Nation Land
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping gives an update in Edmonton on Sept. 21, 2021. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
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The Alberta government has approved a bid by the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton to build a private clinic to perform thousands of publicly covered hip and knee surgeries.
Health Minister Jason Copping says the clinic is to be built by the middle of next year to reduce a backlog of orthopedic operations in and around the capital.