Dying mans access to life-saving drug ending

Mon Dec 27, 2010

The Toronto Star

Ontario’s health ministry has yet to decide if it will pick up the cost of a $500,000-a-year drug that is keeping a dying Guelph-area man alive.

Lucas Maciesza has a deadly, extremely rare blood disorder. The disease causes the body to attack oxygen-rich red blood cells and leaves patients prone to internal bleeding.

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