Vancouver teen develops innovation for medication accessibility

Vancouver teen develops innovation for medication accessibility

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Vancouver 15-year-old Elvin Nguyen has developed 3D-printed Braille labels for medications. As Shailee Shah reports, his is one of a few recent solutions developed for medication accessibility for Canadians with vision loss.

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