PM Gonsalves warns of increase in non-communicable diseases
Mar 19, 2013
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has lauded the primary and secondary health care system in St. Vincent and the Grenadines but said “developed countries diseases” continue to be a challenge.
“These are hypertension, diabetes, cardiac problems and, of course, accidents and criminal violence,” he said Monday on the Grenadine island of Bequia, where a new health centre was opened.
He said the number of citizens affected with diabetes and hypertension is “just too high.
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