Jean-Guy St-Aubin has been getting emotional seeing new wheelchairs roll into the Ullivik centre in Dorval, Que., during his monthly stays in the Montreal area for cancer treatment.
They were purchased and donated following St-Aubin’s experience at the temporary housing centre that’s intended to serve as a safe space for patients who fly in from Quebec’s far north for medical treatment.
In March, St-Aubin, who has lived in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que., a community located 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal, for over 40 years, was wheeled to his room on a luggage cart.
His family looked on in shock at the time.
“I was tired, I was feeling bad,”
