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Revelations that some Canadian veterans have been offered medically assisted deaths while seeking help from the federal government are adding to worries about Ottawa's plans to expand such procedures.

Alberta Health Services says in a news release that with respiratory viruses surging in the community, Alberta Children's Hospital is seeing “sustained high volumes of acutely ill patients.''

Computer program evaluates personal characteristics such as empathy, professionalism and collaboration.

Lead author Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an epidemiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control, said the findings can be generalized to the rest of Canada.

Pediatricians in the U.S. are concerned about what will happen when government funding for COVID-19 vaccines runs out. 

Some call to delay the expansion to include mental illness, but others cite a duty to patients.

Dr. William Cherniak, founder of virtual care platform Rocket Doctor, says the changes immediately resulted in 85% of Ontario doctors leaving or discontinuing their services on his platform.