MPP'S Want Help for Swine Flu

Two northern Ontario New Democrat MPP's are calling on the Province to provide the healthcare resources needed to stop the spread of swine flu in First Nations communities.

Howard Hampton and France Gelinas also want the Liberals to address underlying conditions that are making the communities more vulnerable to the flu.

Hampton and Gelinas say nursing stations at many northern First Nations are already stretched to the limit.

And Gelinas says with several families forced to live together in two bedroom houses because of housing shortages, disease can spread rapidly.