Conservative MLA Brennan Day Urges Minister Osborne to Save 9-Year-Old Langford Girl’s Life-Saving Treatment
UPDATE: Brennan Day spoke to Jori, Charleigh’s mom again this morning. The ministry has extended treatment until June 28th. Letter still stands though, the system is broken and no family should need to go through this again and again. Pure torture. (03/25 9:19am) COURTENAY, BC: Brennan Day, MLA for Courtenay-Comox and Critic for Rural Health and Seniors Health, is calling on Health Minister Josie Osborne to immediately intervene in the case of nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock, whose access to a critical life-sustaining treatment is set to expire this week. Charleigh, a courageous young girl from Langford, has been battling CLN2 Batten Disease, a rare and terminal neurological disorder, since 2019. For the past five years, she has been receiving bi-weekly infusions of Brineura, a groundbreaking therapy that has significantly stabilized her condition and improved her quality of life. In February, the Ministry of Health informed the Pollock family that funding for Charleigh’s treatme...