Drew goes over the top

Jeff Green | Aug 27, 2014

Aided by a donation of over $5,000 from a group called Groupies.com Community, Drew Cumpson's Indiegogo campaign now stands at $37,638, enough so he will make the $35,000 he was seeking even after he pays the debit and website fees to Indiegogo.

In a post marking the success of his campaign, Cumpson not only talked about the operation he is now working to organize, but also about making sure others who need a diaphragmatic pacemaker to help them breathe on their own can get one through the Ontario Health Insurance Program and not by having to launch fund-raising campaigns.

“I have reached my goal of $35,000 and am now working towards trying to get things organized for the surgery. As someone who is setting out to improve the lives of others as well I plan to work towards getting this surgery covered by the government as it has been said to be available through them. One of the major things that I feel needs to come out of this is set all Canadian patients that meet the requirements for this surgery do not have to pay the large amount of costs associated with this.

“Many ventilator dependent people are unable to speak as there are certain aspects of the ventilator that prevents you from speaking in some cases.”

The Indiegogo campaign ended yesterday.