1 November 2018 - Cancer patients are forking out hundreds of dollars for vitamin C infusions they say are providing quality of life - now they are calling for the treatment to be funded by Pharmac.

Hokianga woman Tanya Filia was given two months to live by doctors in 2015 after a brain tumour returned.

She puts her survival three years later down to a combination of vitamin C infusions, rongoa Māori healing practices, healthy food and living a positive lifestyle.

Fortnightly infusions cost $275 a dose for Filia at a private clinic and while she would like to have twice weekly treatments, she can't afford it.

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