Hamilton: "'There's no violation of any (rules); we're offering a service that is in keeping with the delivery of health-care services outside of a hospital,' Anglin said Friday.
'This is something that's complementary to the public system. We're not competing in any way with the public system.'
The Provis Clinic, set to open in mid-August, will offer cancer patients access to expensive, cutting-edge cancer medications that are approved by Health Canada but not yet covered by Ontario's health plan. Patients would have to be referred to the clinic by their oncologist.
Health Minister George Smitherman said earlier this week he doesn't have enough information about the clinic yet to judge whether it might contravene any of Ontario's health laws.
But Smitherman said he doesn't want the result to be 'pocketbook medicine,' where patients pay for faster access and for services already covered by the health system. "
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