Shantee Anaquod

• UBC student marks graduation 4 years after potentially fatal diagnosis

  Shantee Anaquod was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease in 2017 and became the face of a fight to get provincial coverage for the expensive drug that turned her life around.

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  Jun 2, 2021
  
• She spent over 2 months in hospital, waiting on a $750K drug. Now, she’s gone home for Xmas

  "I just felt like I was going to be able to get out of the hospital eventually."

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  Dec 14, 2017
  
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• ‘I can start with my life again’: life-saving drug approved for BC woman with rare disease

  “It’s like you go from planning the end of your life to planning the rest of your life."

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  Nov 22, 2017
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• B.C. government approves coverage of expensive drug for student with rare disease

  The medicine costs approximately $750,000 a year and can improve a patient’s condition who’s living with aHUS.

  Nov 21, 2017
• B.C. government approves coverage of expensive drug Soliris on case-by-case basis

  The drug became a hot-button issue after 23-year-old Shantee Anaquod went public with her battle to seek coverage.

  Nov 20, 2017
• Mississauga woman whose life was saved by expensive drug pushes B.C. to cover its costs like Ontario does

  Nadia Saiphoo was planning her funeral before taking Soliris. Within a week, she was able to leave the hospital.

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  Nov 16, 2017