“It’s a human rights issue,” Mother of sick child fed up with NS government delays

Chantelle Oulton says she is ‘baffled’ and tired of getting the run around from the Nova Scotia government.

It’s been three months since Oulton’s daughter, Morgan, received a prescription for cannabis oil; however, she has been unable to try the medication.

That’s because in order to get Morgan into a small options home in Yarmouth, her parents had to give up their parental rights. As a result, Chantelle and her husband Brent can no longer make decisions about Morgan’s medical treatment.

Earlier this month, the province said it was not ready to try cannabis oil as a treatment option. “There’s not consensus in the medical community,” said Wendy Bungay, Director of Child Protection for Nova Scotia Community Services.

“We get competing statements and position on whether or not, especially for children under the age of 18, that this is an appropriate course of action.”

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The 12-year-old was born with brain abnormalities and diagnosed with a cognitive impairment. She also suffers from severe epilepsy and lives with autism.

Fed up with traditional medication that the Oultons say do not help their daughter’s condition, they want Morgan to try the cannabis oil to help her seizures.

The Oulton’s say the province’s Children and Family Services Act is outdated and want the McNeil government to amend the legislation and allow parents who need to place their children in care facilities to still have a say over their health.

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Chantelle Oulton says her daughter’s seizures have been getting worse since being placed in the Yarmouth home. On Tuesday, her current prescription of Keppra runs out.

Oulton fears without a new medicine in place, specifically the prescription cannabis oil, her daughter may die.

“It feels like we’re in this bizarre chess game,” Oulton tells Global News.

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She says she can’t wrap her head around why the government will not allow her daughter to try the cannabis oil – a prescription treatment which was recommended by her physicians.

After months of trying to be patient, Oulton says she is fed up and feels that having the provincial government deny her daughter the medicine the medicine she was prescribed is a human rights issue that needs to be addressed immediately.

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