Gripping speech by husband of Lyme Disease victim – strong condemnation of Canadian health care
In June 2014 A Lyme Disease awareness presentation was offered to the public in scenic Sechelt, BC
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New study released from British Columbia supports what patient groups have been saying since 1989
[CanLyme Note: In a quick review of this newly published paper it both gave us hope that progress is slowly being made, and a sense of sadness for the dismissive attitude shown patient groups by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) since the late 1990’s. With the formation of the Lyme Borreliosis Society…