by Sean O’Malley Last year on Purple Day, Epilepsy Ontario announced it was funding the first research clinical study in Canada to look at the intriguing possibility that music therapy could play a role in seizure reduction. With Purple Day upon us again, that study, conducted at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre at Toronto Western Hospital,…
With no epilepsy support centre in town, Leslie Moutsatsos and Jenny Lamothe want to build support for Epilepsy Awareness Month By Deron Hamel March is Epilepsy Awareness Month, and with no epilepsy support centre in Greater Sudbury, Leslie Moutsatsos and Jenny Lamothe have taken it upon themselves to create a campaign to raise awareness of…
Hon. Eric Hoskins Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 10th Floor, Hepburn Block 80 Grosvenor Street Toronto, Ontario M7A 2C4 February 13th, 2018 Dear Minister Hoskins, We are writing regarding the implementation of OHIP+ and the impact of certain regulations on patients living with epilepsy. While Epilepsy Ontario and SUDEP Aware welcome the implementation of…
By Deron Hamel Monika and Adam, a couple from Toronto, say they were “shocked” to learn in January that the new Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) drug program OHIP+ will not cover the cost of their four-year-old daughter Ava’s anti-seizure medication. OHIP+, which came into effect Jan. 1, is providing more than 4,400 drug products…
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