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Telus Health is expanding its mobile health “clinics-on-wheels” program providing primary health care to homeless and vulnerable people in major cities across Canada as part of its decade-long foray into the health-care field.

On Wednesday, Telus president Darren Entwistle is expected to announce plans to commit $5 million over the next few years to roll out seven more mobile clinics across Canada, in addition to three currently operating in Vancouver, Victoria and Montreal.

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The goal is to have up to 10 vans operating by the end of 2019, providing care to more than 20,000 Canadians annually who may not seek out traditional health-care services and typically lack documented medical history, said Juggy Sihota, vice-president for consumer health for Telus.

“A lot of the marginalized population they are (for a variety of reasons) not readily coming back to the health-care system,” she said. “Usually it’s emergent care they’re requiring and we try to help them have healthier lives by bringing them back to the health-care system and providing care they need.”