We so appreciate the amazing support of Evie Peace, together with her family and friends, for their generous fundraising, in conjunction with a head shave, in tribute to Evie’s very brave mother, Heather Stewart. Heather has been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. We recognise, mother and grandmother; Heather Stewart […]
June, 2020
HEALTH Waikato school bus driver forced to self-fund cancer drug Keytruda after Pharmac postpones support
Access to healthcare is a “basic right”, yet rationing by delay to standard of care medicines, continues in NZ. This is causing premature death for countless patients. The ongoing delay by Pharmac to reimburse immunotherapy in first line NSCLC is causing a (preventable) humanitarian crisis, whereby up to 30 patients per week are dying prematurely […]