The Globe and Mail: B.C. government to send cancer patients to the U.S. for treatment

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks at Langara College in Vancouver, on Jan. 9. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

British Columbia will send cancer patients out-of-country for radiation therapy in response to growing wait times and a backlog at home.

Beginning May 29, eligible patients will be sent to Bellingham, Wash., to receive radiation therapy at either PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center or North Cascade Cancer Center, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday.