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Telus Health expands MyCare virtual counselling services to Quebec


MONTREAL — Telus Health announced today the expansion of its MyCare mental health counselling services to Quebec residents, who can now speak to provincially licensed, bilingual counsellors from home. Citing research from the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Telus Health says in a press release that 20% of the Quebec population will experience a mental illness during their lifetime and less than half of the people who experience mental illness consult a professional. Other data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows, since the start of the pandemic, “half of Canadians waited up to one month for counselling services in the community,...