A Clarenville man is asking the province to pay for surgery to keep him from losing his vision to a rare eye disease. Wyatt Ellis says he needs cornea cross-linking surgery but Newfoundland and Labrador's Medical Care Plan doesn't pay for it. Ellis, 21, was diagnosed with a rare eye disease called keratoconus almost two years ago. Not covered in Atlantic CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador is not the only Atlantic Canadian province where cross-linking surgery isn't covered. "Corneal transplants are a major eye surgery that has a very long recovery time (two years).

Source: CBC News March 10, 2020 09:22 UTC