Harper's Backbone Broken by Cancer

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Amherstburg resident Alyssa Drouillard

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No travel grants for medical appointments in southern Ontario

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Alyssa Drouillard took her three-year-old daughter to the London Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital in 2021 .

The X-ray showed Harper had a broken bone in her spine, but there was no explanation of why the bone had such catastrophic failure.

Harper was suffering from a rare form of cancer known as Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Residents in Southwestern Ontario who must travel outside their own region for health care area cannot access a grant from the provincial government similar to the grant available to northern Ontario residents.

The province has invested $4.5 million to expand access to pediatric care in Windsor .

The province is also funding a $31-million improvement to the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab.

Kait Lowe , whose son Sullivan has Hirschsprung 's disease, has made multiple trips to London and Detroit for specialist consultations and surgeries.

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