New West priest says he is dying of AIDS.A gay Anglican priest from the diocese of New Westminster New Westminster, city (1991 pop. 43,585), SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser River, part of metropolitan Vancouver. Founded in 1859 as Queensborough, it was the capital of British Columbia until Victoria was made capital after the union of British Columbia has gone public that he's dying of AIDS and urged Health Canada Health Canada (French: Santé Canada) is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health. Health Canada's goal is to improve Canadian life by improving Canadian longevity, lifestyle and use of public healthcare. to grant him and four others access to two new drugs that could save their lives. Rev. Michael Forshaw This article is about Michael Forshaw, the Australian politician. For the electronic musician, see Michael Forshaw (musician). Michael George Forshaw , 64, of St. Paul's Anglican church in Vancouver, was granted permission to speak out by his bishop, Michael Ingham. Mr. Forshaw joined B.C. artist Tiko Kerr in urging Health Canada to release two antiretroviral drugs--TMC114 and TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center 125--under the Special Access Program, intended to provide access to drugs unavailable in Canada on "compassionate" grounds. Health Canada has announced that it would expedite approval of the special trial on the two drugs, the Vancouver Sun reported. Earlier, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh refused to give approval to the program "because the drugs are deemed too experimental and, taken together, might pose a health risk to the dying men," said the Vancouver Sun. Mr. Forshaw, is believed to be the first gay Anglican priest in Canada to admit that he's dying of MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there . |
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