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Pharmac review: Northland cancer sufferer pleads for more publicly-funded meds
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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A civilised country like New Zealand needs to publicly fund more life-saving drugs, says Northland cancer sufferer Donna MacMillan.
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Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
An independent review of Pharmac should recommend that New Zealand catch up with other countries in terms of accessing vital life-saving drugs that are not publicly funded, a Northland cancer sufferer says. Donna MacMillan of Kaitaia was forced to sell her beloved 1972 Valiant Charger to fund her $66,000 cancer drug Ibrance before the Government announced the drug would be publicly funded from April last year.
Otto Arndt was born in Germany in 1939 and later came to Canada. He worked for a timber marking crew for the forest service and lived in a cabin in the Hart Highway area. He married Janice Rowan, the girl across the street. At the age of 20 and with two suitcases of his worldly belongings in hand, Bill Bosnich said a big goodbye to his family in northern Ontario and headed west. He got a job at the Canfor Plywood Mill in New Westminster in 1958 and a few years later he met and married Donna MacMillan. The couple moved to Pineview and in 2001 he retired after many years as a carpenter. In their retirement Bill and Donna have been enjoying their volunteer work at the Pineview Hall and by entertaining the community through their involvement with the Forever Young Chorus, the Country Cuzzins and the drama club at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.