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Tens of thousands waiting for more than 6 months to see a specialist

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Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

By August , over 31,000 people had been waiting more than six months for non-urgent care.

North Savo ( 31.0% ) and North Karelia ( 27.4% ) had the highest share of people waiting over six months .

In contrast, residents in the neighbouring regions had the smallest percentage of residents having to wait more than half a year.

VR Score

90

Informative language

95

Neutral language

83

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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