…Many organizations and some in the agriculture industry are expressing support for Nova Scotia Health Card (MSI) on arrival for all migrant workers, Gomez said in the report….

The call came after a Jamaican migrant farm worker finally got her MSI card last week after fighting for medical coverage in the province since she was diagnosed with cervical cancer while she was still working in 2022, according to Saltwire…

In 2022, Kerian Burnett had been picking strawberries for two months on a farm in Colchester County, N.S., when she started to feel sick, according to CBC. She was fired from her job and was later diagnosed with cervical cancer.

After two surgeries, Burnett had racked up about $81,000 in bills, according to the report.

Life on chemotherapy has been challenging for Burnett, according to Global News. She has been living with a colostomy bag and has numbness in her legs, and her day-to-day activities have been difficult.

Still, she’s hoping to find her way back to work slowly. She has six children and one grandchild back in Jamaica…

In 2023, Burnett got coverage from the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)…

On Jan. 4 this year, Kerian received a positive decision on her request to renew her status…