'My family knows what that is like': Recovering himself, premier says 85 residents a day diagnosed with cancer in B.C.
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"Today… some 85 British Columbians will get a cancer diagnosis. Tomorrow, another 85 will be told the same."
"Today… some 85 British Columbians will get a cancer diagnosis. Tomorrow, another 85 will be told the same."
It's a solemn message coming from someone who was one of those 85 one day last year: B.C.'s premier, John Horgan.
Horgan made the comments in a statement issued on Friday, World Cancer Day.
He himself was diagnosed with throat cancer in November, and wrapped up treatment last month. The premier endured 35 rounds of radiation, and in his first appearance of the year cracked jokes about losing his beard and quite a bit of weight.
In his statement Friday, he said an estimated 31,000 people get the unwelcome news he got every year in B.C.
"Many families will be touched by a cancer diagnosis. My family knows what this is like," Horgan said.
On World Cancer Day, the premier praised the health-care workers and doctors involved in his care: "My family and I are filled with gratitude. We offer them our deepest thanks."
