Telus Corp.’s years-long investment in e-health and telemedicine has found itself rapidly expanding as the COVID-19 pandemic forces Canadians to seek medical help  without physically visiting doctor’s offices, with downloads of its Babylon Telehealth app increasing six to ten times since the pandemic began, and the company bringing on “hundreds” of new hires.

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