Does OHIP cover the surgery required for diastasis recti with an umbilical hernia? ( In Ottawa)

December 12, 2014
Asked By:bboulet in Ottawa, ON

I was diagnosed with an diastasis recti causing an umbilical hernia I developed this after being pregnant. I am always in sever pain in my lower back and stomach. I feel sick all the time, and it is inter fearing with my everyday life. I am a single mother of a toddler and in college in the medical field. I am missing school all the time because of pain I cant do the things I want to do with my son cause im so weak all the time and in pain. I am not covered by any plan because I am a student. Help?

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Answer: OHIP coverage of rectus diastasis

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