Four members of British Columbia’s Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases Committee have resigned after the government went against its recommendation and reinstated medication funding for a 10-year-old girl.
The fallout from the handling of Charleigh Pollock’s case also saw Health Minister Josie Osborne apologize to the Vancouver Island girl’s family on Friday.
Pollock is the only person in B.C. with incurable Batten disease, and the treatment to reduce her debilitating symptoms costs about $1 million a year.
There was an uproar over the committee’s recommendation to halt funding and while the government initially maintained it would not interfere in the decision, on Thursday Osborne announced the reversal….