Media Alert - Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

TORONTO, Feb. 29, 2016 /CNW/ - On International Rare Disease Day, patients, caregivers and representatives from the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) will be meeting with Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins and MPPs to discuss and share their stories and challenges of living with rare disorders. 

At the event, CORD will also showcase how Ontario can become a national leader in improving the lives of patients with rare disorders, starting by implementing some immediate concrete actions to address the unnecessary barriers to getting the right diagnosis, care, specialists and treatment.

WHAT:	How Ontario can improve its approach to diagnosis, care and treatment for patients with rare diseases.
WHEN:	MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
	12:00 pm
WHERE:	Queen's Park, 111 Wellesley St W, Toronto
	"In Camera" Legislative Dining Room, Side Bar Room
WHO:	The Hon. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
	Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger, President and CEO of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD)

SOURCE Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

Dianna Eakins, Eakins Communications Inc., [phone], [email protected]; Durhane Wong-Rieger, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, [phone], [email protected]