pregnant, and her daughter Alejandra Saenz started an online fundraiser to pay for Medina’s impending hospital bill.She planned to return home to Colombia before giving birth but the border closures caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic forced her to stay.She has no health insurance and can’t afford what it will cost to have a baby.
Canada, U.S. agree to extend non-essential travel ban to Sept. 21 Medina came to Canada in June, on a humanitarian flight bringing Canadians home, to help Saenz through a crisis.“I suffer from PTSD,” Saenz told Global News.“And my symptoms (worsened)… and she came to support me.”The sudden death of Saenz’s cousin in May triggered her post-traumatic stress disorder.