Waiting for a transplant in an expensive city like Toronto can sap the savings, says Maritime woman
Nan Clarke, who is originally from Charlottetown but retired in the Halifax area, was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2019. She says she had to take tens of thousands of dollars from her retirement fund in order to undergo a life-saving lung transplant, since provincial medical allowances were adequate. CBC's Carolyn Ray reports.