This is the second instalment of a Global News series called Unheard. Unserved. Maritime Women’s Health In Crisis .

In our first story, we introduced you to a New Brunswick woman who struggled for more than two years to get a PCOS diagnosis.

It’s something that still haunts 43-year-old Judit Julia: being told she has cancer while beginning fertility treatments.

Originally from Spain, Julia moved to Canada in 2013 after living in many different countries, such as Finland and Austria. She says that after experiencing Nova Scotia’s health-care system first-hand, it’s one of the worst systems she has seen.

“In Nova Scotia in general, it’s very behind. I think they are maybe 20 years behind,” Julia said. “I think here, there is a lot of things that they could do and they don’t.”

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