WHALEN TO DEXTER: HOW WILL YOU RESPOND TO MANITOBAS REQUEST FOR TRIALS ON MS LIBERATION TREATMENT?
Date: Thursday August 19, 2010

(Halifax, NS) Liberal health critic Diana Whalen is urging Premier Darrell Dexter to tell Nova Scotia MS sufferers how his government will be responding to a letter sent by the Manitoba Minister of Health on the issue of establishing a national clinical trial for CCSVI.

“Two weeks ago, the Manitoba government shut the door on the idea of joining the province of Saskatchewan in providing a clinical trial for the MS Liberation treatment,” said Whalen. “If Manitoba can have a change of heart about participating in a clinical trial, why can’t Nova Scotia?”

On Monday August 16, 2010, the Honourable Theresa Oswald, Minister of Health in Manitoba, wrote a letter to the federal and provincial ministers of health requesting support for a pan-Canadian clinical trial which would involve patients from across the country.

“We have the capacity here in Nova Scotia to participate in a clinical trial, so it just makes sense to coordinate our efforts and allow Nova Scotians to benefit from treatment in their home province,” added Whalen.

“People who have had the treatment are passionate about its potential and are looking for answers - we believe they deserve those answers,” added Whalen.

“Premier Dexter and the Minister of Health here in Nova Scotia should tell MS sufferers and their families whether they plan to be part of a national clinical trial or whether they will simply allow another opportunity pass us by.”

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