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HEALTH--HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL SOCIETY REACH TENTATIVE DEAL
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Health Minister Bernie Boudreau and Dr. Cynthia Forbes, president
of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, announced today that a
tentative agreement has been reached for a new four-year
contract.

"Today marks the beginning of a more positive and improved
relationship between the government and Nova Scotia's
physicians," said Mr. Boudreau. "We are moving forward together
with a proposed agreement which both the Department of Health and
the negotiators for the Medical Society believe addresses
physicians' concerns."

The agreement is tentative and subject to ratification by the
province's physicians. The Medical Society will circulate the
agreement to all physicians and recommend its acceptance.

Details of the agreement will not be released until all
physicians have received an information package as part of the
ratification process.

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Contact: Lori MacLean
         Department of Health
         902-424-5025

trp                       June 9, 1997 - 11:30 a.m.