Bernice’s story highlights B.C.’s new liver transplant guidelines for Indigenous patients – MBC Radio
Jan 19, 2026
Masset, Haida Gwaii – Widower Kimball Davidson says his wife Bernice is an unsung hero.
“Her weapon was kindness and her shield was compassion,” he says.
A chronic autoimmune disease called Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), which is unrelated to alcohol, caused Bernice’s liver to slowly deteriorate over the course of a decade. She passed away on Oct. 16, 2022, at 4:15 a.m. in Vancouver General Hospital at the age of 71.
“When Bernice was feeling down her thoughts would turn to ‘who can I help’. Then somehow she would find a way to bring some light into someone’s life,” said Davidson.
