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Thousands of Canadians diagnosed with injuries from COVID vaccines have gone years without support, including nurse Lori Irving. Irving said she was required to be vaccinated to work, but now lives with latent autoimmune diabetes that doctors say was caused by a COVID vaccine. She said Manitoba’s health system took too long to diagnose her condition, and she missed a three-year deadline to apply for support.
More than 3,500 people have sought help from Canada’s vaccine injury program, but only 252 have successfully navigated the program’s red tape to receive assistance. Shannon Dupont described the process as a “nightmare,” saying payments are sometimes months behind and that at one point the program owed her more than $15,000 for prescriptions.
Conservative MP Dean Allison announced he will host four days of testimony on Parliament Hill in September, where people can share their stories and frustrations. He said Canadians agree on a principle that people harmed by COVID vaccines deserve compensation, support, transparency, and timely assistance. He said the responsibility includes recognizing injuries, listening to survivors, and caring for them.
The program’s stated goal, as described in the coverage, is that by hearing from injured people, the government will be motivated to improve the program for those denied support.
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, more than 3,000 claims are still being processed after the agency took over the program from a third party at the start of April.