Anne2 had to cover her expenses to have surgery in another province.
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I understood that the [Province] would cover my expenses because there was no congenital surgeon here in [city]. However, by the time I had my surgery, [city] had hired one, so [province] would no longer cover my expenses. I didn’t have a problem finding a place to stay, we stayed across the street from the hospital at – the name escapes me, but it was suites, it was little apartments, so we could go for an extended period of time. I stayed there for each of my visits and for the surgery itself. We just booked the apartment for a month. And they were very good too, at the apartments.
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