Join Ed in his campaign to obtain anemia treatment for his wife and all cancer patients in BC

 

Ed's first wife died of breast cancer 15 years ago. Now, Laura, his second wife, is starting chemotherapy for breast cancer. Ed is appealing to the BC Minister of Health Services Shirley Bond to provide access to treatment for anemia, a very difficult side effect of chemotherapy.

 

Fatigue, due to anemia as a result of cancer therapy, is the most difficult side effect of chemotherapy for most cancer patients. A medication called erythropoietin, or EPO, can stimulate red blood cell production, reduce anemia and fatigue, and avoid transfusions.

 

EPO is available to cancer patients in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Newfoundland but only to those patients with private drug coverage in British Columbia. BC Pharmacare does not cover EPO for seniors and other cancer patients who rely on the provincial drug plan.

 

Your voice is urgently needed to ensure that cancer patients in BC have access to the same treatment standard as those in other provinces.

 

Residents of British Columbia - Take action now

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