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Cystic Fibrosis - Melvin Jay & Ken Chan

CysticFibrosisBabyScreening.jpgMelvin Jay is with the PEI branch of cystic fibrosis. The organization is urging Quebec and the Atlantic provinces to screen newborns for the disease. CF Canada says the testing is standard in the rest of Canada, across the US and many countries around the world. Ken Chan raised the issue with premiers at the meeting of the council of the federation in Halifax. He's the vice-president Advocacy Research and healthcare at Cystic Fibrosis Canada. And we reached him earlier.


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