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.
“This effort to secure patients the care they need beyond the borders of their health region and even beyond B.C. is not new,” B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said at a Monday news conference.
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