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For over 30 years, B.C. has poured $57 million into the Rick Hansen Foundation’s Neurotrauma Fund — but most of it’s gone toward spinal cord research, leaving brain injury patients in the cold. Advocates say this neglect is costly and cruel: nearly 2 million Canadians live with brain injuries, yet funding for their care and research has been virtually nonexistent since 2010. James Bell’s story — traveling abroad for therapy after a car crash, paying tens of thousands out of pocket — is just one example of the system’s failure. The foundation defends its focus on spinal cord work, claiming some projects indirectly benefit brain injury research, while the province admits it has no control over how funds are spent. With the toxic drug crisis worsening and brain injuries rising, the gap in support is only growing wider.

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