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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Those of you who attended the meeting may recall my mention of a note I had sent a candidate for the provincial election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Below is the body of the note that you may customize & send to candidates in your area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Let’s push for change in men’s health.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thx.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello <span style='color:red'>candidate</span>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I understand that you have been selected to represent the <span style='color:red'>PC/Liberal/NDP/Green</span> party in the provincial election.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In case you are looking for an item to add to your platform, below are 2 relating to healthcare for men.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>OHIP to cover PSA testing for all men over 40 as a screening method for Prostate Cancer (PCa). Currently Ontario is the only province that does not cover screening via the PSA test. If a man, after consultation with his doctor, wishes to have a PSA test, he must pay for it. There are 2 exceptions: once a man is diagnosed with PCa, PSA tests become covered by OHIP and if a man is a direct descendent of a man with PCa, a doctor can certify that & OHIP will then cover the cost. PSA testing should have the same coverage by OHIP as does mammography and Pap testing for women. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>When a man diagnosed with PCa decides to have it treated, one of the options is removal i.e. a radical prostatectomy. The current manual procedure usually results in a 3 or 4 day hospitalization. The modern method is a Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP) which often results in only a 1 day hospitalization. Occupying a hospital bed costs around $5230 /day. OHIP does not fully fund the cost of the robotic procedure resulting in hospitals relying on their charitable foundations to pick up the nearly $3200 cost not covered by OHIP. This is in spite of a $10-15 thousand cost saving from less time in hospital.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please make removal of these barriers to men’s health a part of your election platform.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you want some further info / speaking points on this topic, contact me as I am a member<span style='color:#1F497D'> of</span> the Prostate Cancer Canada Network Waterloo- Wellington (PCCN W-W) which is a Prostate Cancer Support Group serving all of Waterloo-Wellington. Several of the PCCN W-W members have had RALP in either Toronto or Hamilton. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Take care,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Your name <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>