New Brunswick man says he waited weeks for medical information about his rare disease

New Brunswick man says he waited weeks for medical information about his rare disease

A New Brunswick man, who says he wasn’t told about warning signs of his rare condition until six weeks after a doctor noted them, believes he fell through the cracks in the province’s overwhelmed health-care system. “I had to trust the medical system, which we all trust,” said Jean-Claude Belliveau of Memramcook. Belliveau sometimes gets … Read more

‘Super disappointing’: N.B. woman on stepfather’s painful wait for hip surgery

‘Super disappointing’: N.B. woman on stepfather’s painful wait for hip surgery

A Moncton, N.B. woman is raising concerns about the health-care system, as her elderly stepfather deals with a lengthy wait for a hip replacement. Karen Cook says her 80-year-old stepfather’s quality of life has been declining recently. “His mobility is quite drastically reduced, he’s with a cane all of the time now, and when he … Read more