What is the test for making reasonable efforts to improve their health but not being able to afford the treatments?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacKenzie v John Doe, 2018 BCSC 104 (CanLII):
It has been held where a plaintiff may have improved but could not afford the treatments, they had, nonetheless, made reasonable efforts in light of their personal circumstances: see Rozendaal v. Landingin, 2013 BCSC 24 at paras. 67–70:
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