CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock’s drug coverage.

B.C. Minister of Health Josie Osborne in a file photo in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, June 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock’s drug coverage.

The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year.

More coming.

The Canadian Press

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