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I feel for families,’ says Inuk woman who questioned liver transplant policy – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 19, 2017 21:52 TORONTO _ An Inuk woman with acute liver failure spoke of her sadness that Canadians are dying due to rules that prevent some from receiving organ…
Agency hopes to speed project that doesn’t require sobriety for liver transplant – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 19, 2017 TORONTO _ The head of Ontario’s organ donor agency says she’s working to speed up a pilot project that would waive six-month sobriety requirements for people…
Residents ‘ecstatic’ with 6 new recovery beds to open in Alkali Lake, B.C. – CBC
Joint partnership will help people dealing with addiction in the Chilcotin December 19, 2017 The opening of six new Aboriginal recovery beds in Alkali Lake, B.C., is a dream come…
Can the First Nations poverty trap be broken? – The Globe and Mail
December 18, 2017 Keith Martell is CEO of the First Nations Bank of Canada. Adam Spence is founder and CEO of SVX. Of all the challenges facing Canada’s First Nations,…
Inuk woman with liver disease improves but family hopes for wider policy change – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 18, 2017 16:10 TORONTO _ The family of an Inuk woman struggling with acute liver failure is expressing optimism about her improving condition, while urging the rapid end of…
BR Transplant Controversy – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Dec 18, 2017 TORONTO – Relatives of a young Inuk activist suffering from acute liver failure are watching to see if her condition continues to improve.…
Indigenous woman’s liver assessed after outcry over earlier transplant refusal – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2017 A young Inuk woman suffering from acute liver failure is being assessed at an organ transplant centre in Toronto after her family in Labrador launched a…
Ana Transplant-Controversy – Audio Clip NAT101 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Audio Dec 14, 2017 101 – (Transplant-Controversy) MP3 Audio: http://audio.cp.org/productionaudio/audio/2017/12/14/cp201712140118-1.mp3 OTTAWA. x–16s. Friends of a 26-year-old advocate for Indigenous rights have launched a campaign for her to receive a liver transplant…
Inuk advocate for women rejected for liver transplant due to alcoholism: friends – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 14, 2017 Friends of a 26-year-old advocate for Indigenous rights say they’ve launched a campaign for her to receive a liver transplant after they say she was deemed…
Woman in critical condition from liver failure can’t get transplant due to protocols – CBC
Family, friends of Delilah Saunders say ‘6-month-sobriety’ rule is discriminatory Dec 13, 2017 The family of a well known Indigenous rights advocate is considering legal action after she was told…
