PM Gonsalves warns of increase in non-communicable diseases

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.