An article published in today's edition of The Chronicle Herald:
By The Canadian PressBold emphasis is mine.Nova Scotia's NDP has developed a plan it hopes would help reduce the rates of disease in the province, including cancer and diabetes.
Party leader Darrell Dexter says Nova Scotians have some of the worst chronic disease rates in the country, but he believes that trend can be stopped.
If elected on June 9th, Dexter says an NDP government would create a task force that would identify ways to help lower the rates of acute and chronic illnesses in the province.
The NDP is also promising to establish a council made up of representatives from health advocacy groups and the government that would award so-called healthy living grants.
Dexter says doctors in the province would also be encouraged to use a preventative care checklist developed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Dexter says the NDP would work closely with doctors in the province and health organizations in implementing its plan, which would also tackle heart and lung disease as well as mental illness.
Posting of this article does not imply endorsement of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party by the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.
