“‘It’s the first time in Canada that a doctor or a nurse or licensed health-care professional can actually prescribe nature with something extra to their patients,’ said Lem.
Lem said if a doctor registered to prescribe through the PaRx program believes a patient could benefit from a dose of a nature, they just have to click a box on the parks prescription website when they’re logging the patient’s nature prescription.
The BC Parks Foundation will then mail the patient a free Parks Canada Discovery Pass, which would typically cost $72.25 for an adult. Admission is already free for youth 17 and under.”
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