There was a very moving story at Queen’s Park Monday morning where a 12-year-old Beeton, Ontario girl, Madi Vanstone, met Monday morning with Premier Wynne in her campaign to have OHIP cover the high cost of a drug she needs to treat Cystic Fibrosis. The drug is not covered at present. Madi was at a news conference with her mother and her MPP, Jim Wilson (PC Simcoe Grey) before she saw the Premier. The thing about the drug, Kalydeco, is that it really works. After fundraising by friends and citizens to buy the expensive treatment, Madi was actually no longer positive for the disease. She plays and does athletics like a normal kid. As her mother Beth said at the news conference, Kalydeco works at the cellular level, effectively erasing the Cystic Fibrosis. News reports say that the Premier told Madi she will “push” to see that the little girl gets this important medication.
