Friday, September 03, 2004

Canadian Provinces Keep up Pressure for Drug Plan
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Canada's provincial leaders held Prime Minister Paul Martin's feet to the fire on Thursday over his election pledge to devise a nationwide plan to cut the spiraling costs of prescription drugs. But the premiers of the country's 10 provinces and three territories, girding for a new showdown with Ottawa over health care, said there was some room for negotiation amid claims by Martin's minority government that a nationally funded pharmacare program would be too expensive." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
  

Improve access to mental health care, says report (Canada)
Story at the web site of the Prince Edward Island division of CBC - "Some Islanders struggling with serious mental illness are also struggling to get the help they need, according to a recent report by the P.E.I. division of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Commissioned by the province, the study looked at what services are available on P.E.I. for people with serious and persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia..."