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NOTE TO EDITORS/HEALTH--HFX/DART PUBLIC INFO SESSION-PHARMACARE
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Eleanor Hubbard, director of pharmaceutical services, Nova
Scotia Department of Health, will hold a public information meeting
on the new seniors' Pharmacare program on Thursday, Oct. 19 at St.
Lawrence Church Hall, 3473 Dutch Village Road, Halifax, 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m. and in Dartmouth at Keddy's Dartmouth Inn, 9 Braemar
Drive, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The information sessions will include a presentation on the
Pharmacare program and a question and answer period. They are
organized to help seniors make an informed decision about their
participation in Pharmacare. The deadline to sign up for the
program is Nov. 1, 1995.

Media are invited to attend.

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Contact: Sue McKeage  902-424-3581

trp                        Oct. 18, 1995