Why a family wants the IWK Health Centres age limit to be 18 at least [Video]

When Kendric Campbell turned 16 two months ago, it was a milestone celebration for the Moncton, N.B., teen.

Not only is he a brain cancer survivor, but he’s also lived through two strokes recently that left him partially paralyzed.

But for his mother, Erica, his birthday is also a concerning milestone. Now that he’s 16, he’s considered too old to access the emergency department at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax — the region’s only children’s hospital.

“He’s paralyzed on his right side. Although he can’t run or anything, he can walk now,” she said.

“He was completely paralyzed. Couldn’t use his right side at all when we first got to the IWK. But with the rehab, he’s able to walk now.”

Although he’s in remission from his cancer, Kendric lives with complications from his illness and the radiation treatments he underwent.

The reliance on the IWK prompted the family to consider moving to Nova Scotia just …