Globe and Mail » Quebec pharmacists want money up front before supplying drugs to refugees:
“Norbert Gilmore, a professor emeritus of medicine at McGill University who specializes in the treatment of infectious diseases, pleaded with Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to intervene personally.
“This is a disaster for the personal health of Canadian refugees and asylum-seekers and for public health in Canada,” he said. “This is an impoverished population and few, if any, of these individuals can afford to pay for medication.”
Dr. Gilmore said numerous patients have already stopped their treatment and, without it, their health will deteriorate quickly. “The end result – all too avoidable, but seemingly inevitable – will be greater morbidity, mortality, suffering and costs,” he said.”
