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The new fee program at the Marda Loop Medical Clinic was to start today, but Alberta Health spokesman Scott Johnston says the clinic has told the government it won’t proceed.

Tissue taken from the Black woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to be successfully cloned.

The clinic, which doesn’t accept insurance, launched last fall with a focus on text message-based consultations. Those remain available in 34 states.

The province issued a statement from Health Minister Adriana LaGrange saying: ‘Should any clinic proceed with the membership fee structure or offer accelerated access to a family physician, an investigation will be conducted.’

The college is also eliminating certain fees for residents who ‘provide additional services at Ontario hospitals.’

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, which is conducting its own investigation, alerted police to the suspected fraud.

A study that set out to identify a potential link between an opioid prescription and persistent use of the drug among postpartum patients yielded some surprising findings.

Alberta Health, in a letter sent Friday to the Marda Loop Medical Clinic, says if the clinic moves ahead as promised with the fees, an audit and investigation will begin.