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Family caring for transplant recipient faces financial pressures

Family caring for transplant recipient faces financial pressures

CBC23-07-2025
A young woman from Cole Harbour, N.S., is in intensive care in a Toronto hospital one month after having her second double lung transplant. Tahlia Ali's family is one of three who have spoken to CBC News about the financial strain of accessing the surgery, which is not offered in Nova Scotia. Carolyn Ray has the story.
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