Drug Body Members Quit, BC Minister Apologizes to Family of Girl With Rare Disease

Drug Body Members Quit, BC Minister Apologizes to Family of Girl With Rare Disease
B.C. Minister of Health Josie Osborne in a file photo in Burnaby, B.C., on June 10, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Four members of British Columbia’s Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases Committee have resigned after the government went against its recommendation and reinstated medication funding for a 10-year-old girl.

The fallout from the handling of Charleigh Pollock’s case also saw Health Minister Josie Osborne apologize to the Vancouver Island girl’s family on Friday.