Cancer patients at a hospital north of Toronto have had their treatments delayed because of a drug shortage. The 35 patients at Mackenzie Health in Richmond Hill, Ont., who were supposed to be receiving the chemotherapy drug fluorouracil have been told the drug is not available. The shortage is in part due to one of the drug suppliers being temporarily shut down by Health Canada. Accord Healthcare says Health Canada contacted the company on Friday and gave the company permission to release 3,608 vials of the medication. In a statement to the CBC, Health Canada confirmed the release of the vials earlier today.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2017 00:11 UTC