STORY: B.C. Cancer Patient Left Confused and Waiting for Care
SecondStreet.org sat down with Leah Costello Rowntree from B.C. to discuss her frustrating, terrifying and painful journey through the Canadian health care system.
Leah had trouble even getting diagnosed with a severe form of breast cancer. The system just didn’t seem to want her to get the diagnostics she needed.
Catching her cancer late left it to progress and get much worse before she could get meaningful care.
Watch the full interview via the video above, or click here. To learn more about Canada’s growing waiting list crisis and potential solutions, read our policy brief here.
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