B.C. cuts drug treatment for 9-year-old girl with rare disease

‘Simply cruel and wrong’: Langford child denied life-sustaining medication by BC government

She is the only one in BC with this rare, terminal disease. The post ‘Simply cruel and wrong’: Langford child denied life-sustaining medication by BC government appeared first on Victoria Buzz.

Devastated: Langford girl's mom speaks out on last day of B.C.-funded treatment

The province says 9-year-old Charleigh Pollock no longer meets the criteria for the drug Brineura

Drug coverage to be discontinued for Langford girl with fatal condition

The drug, which costs about $1 million a year, is intended to slow the decline in patients’ ability to walk and talk until they reach the end stage of the disease.

Drug coverage to be discontinued for Vancouver Island girl with fatal condition

The drug, which costs about $1 million a year, is intended to slow — but not stop — the decline in patients’ ability to walk and talk.

B.C. not funding costly treatments for 9-year-old with rare disease

A Vancouver Island family is heartbroken after learning the B.C. government won’t continue funding a vital drug treatment for Charleigh Pollock that her parents says is keeping her alive.

B.C. pulls funding on $1M drug for 9-year-old Vancouver Island girl with rare condition

The B.C. government said Wednesday it will be pulling funding for an extremely expensive drug used by one person in the province — a young Vancouver Island girl.