Mr. Speaker, I received a letter from Agatha Corcoran of Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland.
Dear Alexa:
I have been waiting for an MRI since December 1999. I have constant pain and spasms in my neck. I'm off work, have run out of benefits and can do very little. An MRI will determine what is causing the problem but it's not scheduled until July.
Meanwhile, she is staying at home with ice, trying to cope.
I ask the health minister, why must Agatha Corcoran and thousands of Canadians like her wait in pain while this government withholds desperately needed resources?