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Posted: May 15, 2023 11:09 PM CDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
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The British Columbia government says eligible cancer patients in the province will be temporarily offered radiation treatment in Washington state.
A statement from B.C.'s Ministry of Health says the initiative, which begins on May 29, could help as many as 50 additional radiation patients a week.
Breast cancer and prostate cancer patients will be the first groups eligible to travel to one of two clinics in Bellingham, Wash., located about 40 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border., for treatment. ...
Dix says the province is making the move because B.C. hasn't been meeting its target for ensuring cancer patients receive radiation therapy in a timely manner.
Nearly 83 per cent of B.C. patients are starting radiation within 28 days of the date on which they're ready for the treatment, a timeline that does not meet the clinical benchmarks the province has set as a goal, Dix said. ...
Shirley Bond, the health critic for B.C. United, said the decision to send patients to Washington for treatment was an "acknowledgment by the government that we have a full-blown crisis on our hands."
CBC News
The British Columbia government says eligible cancer patients in the province will be temporarily offered radiation treatment in Washington state.
A statement from B.C.'s Ministry of Health says the initiative, which begins on May 29, could help as many as 50 additional radiation patients a week.
Breast cancer and prostate cancer patients will be the first groups eligible to travel to one of two clinics in Bellingham, Wash., located about 40 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border., for treatment. ...
Dix says the province is making the move because B.C. hasn't been meeting its target for ensuring cancer patients receive radiation therapy in a timely manner.
Nearly 83 per cent of B.C. patients are starting radiation within 28 days of the date on which they're ready for the treatment, a timeline that does not meet the clinical benchmarks the province has set as a goal, Dix said. ...
Shirley Bond, the health critic for B.C. United, said the decision to send patients to Washington for treatment was an "acknowledgment by the government that we have a full-blown crisis on our hands."
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