Empower Clinics Inc (CSE:CBDT) (FRA:8EC) (OTCQB:EPWCF) announced that its patient count more than quadrupled year-over-year in quarterly figures released Wednesday.
The number of patients jumped 460% to 26,317 during the three months ended March 31, up from 5,717 in the same period of 2020. For the month of March specifically, patients increased 388% to 8,379 from 2,160.
"The delivery of world-class patient care is the number one priority for our team in all the markets we serve," CEO Steven McAuley said in a statement. "I am so proud of our members' daily effort and dedication to patients even in such uncertain times.”
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“For our team to achieve such significant year-over-year growth numbers is a testament to our ability to execute on our business plan to acquire patients and drive long-term shareholder value,” McAuley added. “I'm especially proud of the strong growth in the last month of Q1, which sets us up for continued growth in Q2 2021."
Empower also said that it has issued a total of 800,000 stock options priced at C$0.57 to investor relation service providers and to a company director.
Based in Vancouver, Empower bills itself as an integrated healthcare company that provides body and mind wellness for patients through its clinics, with digital and telemedicine care, as well as world-class medical diagnostics laboratories.
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