Quebec nurse finds her own cancer diagnosis amid health-care delays

A Quebec nurse is speaking out and demanding a solution to appointment delays for cancer diagnoses and treatment, which can mean the difference between life and death.

Maureen Dore-Parent had an inkling something was wrong this summer in late August when she started spotting. And after an initial referral to see a gynecologist in 28 days, the 57-year-old decided to take matters into her own hands.

“I checked my file and the ultrasound,” she said. “What it showed was a very, very large mass, like the size of a mango or a grapefruit, on one ovary and another one on the other ovary the size of a lime.”

Because of her background as a nurse, Dore-Parent said she knew to push and had connections others don’t. Other people, who don’t know to push, would still be waiting for answers and falling through the cracks, she said.

Global’s Gloria Henriquez has the details.

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