In spring of 2024 she found a lump in her right breast. On March 13 she was diagnosed with HER-2 positive, an aggressive and recurring form of cancer.
WATCH: A Laval woman is wondering why she is being asked to pay tens of thousands of dollars for breast cancer medication at a Montreal-area hospital. She turned to private care to remove her breast after a cancer diagnosis and feels she is now being penalized. The 42-year-old is a Quebec resident and normally the hospital covers the cost of the medication for patients. Global's Phil Carpenter reports.
According to Putre, however, St. Mary’s hospital refused to cover the cost since she had the surgery before taking the treatment. Now, she says, she’s expecting to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the drug.“The doctors told Jessie, ‘This is what you do,’ Jessie did it and now she’s penalized for it,” she says. “So it’s absolutely inhumane.”
In a statement to Global News the Quebec health ministry says they’re exploring whether to lower the non-referral screening age from 50.“Note that we have mandated the National Institute of Excellence in Health and Social Services to immediately evaluate the expansion of screening from the age of 40,” the statement reads in part. “Thus, in the event of a positive recommendation from INESSS experts, the program will be expanded to cover this clientele.
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