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Suzanne AUCOIN:
Cancer activist dies
By The Canadian Press, Page A9
St. Catharines -- Cancer activist Suzanne
AUCOIN died early yesterday
nearly two weeks after she was admitted to a palliative care
centre.
With her two brothers and a close friend at her bedside, Ms.
AUCOIN,
37, an outspoken advocate for improved health care for Ontario
cancer patients, died at approximately 3 a.m.
Ms. AUCOIN, who had colorectal cancer, lobbied the government
to provide patients better access to cancer drugs that are not
funded in Ontario. This year Ontario's Ombudsman blasted the
Health
Ministry for mishandling Ms.
AUCOIN's application to get
out-of-country coverage for cancer drugs in the United States.
The ministry agreed to cover a tab of about $76,000 she spent
on the cancer drug Erbitux in New York and Ontario, as well as
the legal costs, and announced a review of its out-of-country
coverage program.
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