Canada: Ontario to provide life-saving treatment to sick kids affected by US travel ban

"We do it from time to time in different ways, so we're confident we have the ability to provide Sick Kids with whatever support they would need," said Health Minister Eric Hoskins, metronews reports said.

"Surgeons in the U.S. have approached colleagues at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, which had an active international patient program that helped humanitarian cases on need-basis", a spokesperson for SickKids Matet Nebres said.

"We're fortunate here in Ontario to have such high-quality pediatric specialists and hospitals so we have the technical ability to help and it seemed natural almost. This is what Canada believes in, helping  where we can, helping vulnerable children from around the world," said Nebres.

Hoskins stated that: "Given that this is a critical time for these ill children, our ministry and Ontario's specialized children's hospitals, which provide best-in-the-world care, feel the responsibility to act quickly."
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Sick Kids, which had received several requests was not sure at that time how many children it would be able to support, said Hoskins.

(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)