Inuk advocate for women rejected for liver transplant due to alcoholism: friends
A young Inuk woman from Labrador has become the latest person to battle Ontario’s organ donation agency over its policy of rejecting liver transplants for alcoholics who haven’t abstained from drinking for six months.
Friends of Delilah Saunders, a 26-year-old advocate for Indigenous rights, have launched a campaign for her inclusion on a transplant waiting list.
“Her liver is kaput and her chances of survival are pretty low without a new liver,” Rebecca Moore said Thursday after visiting her friend the night before at the Ottawa Hospital.
The Trillium Gift of Life Network, which allocates organs for transplants in Ontario, says its abstinence policy is used across Canada and the United States.