CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease

By Canadian Press on July 17, 2025.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock’s drug coverage.

The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year.

More coming.

The Canadian Press