Liver transplant
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Petitioning Ronnie Gavsie, Patient Advocacy, Eric Hoskins, Kathleen Wynne, France Gélinas, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Sandy Williams
Ronnie Gavsie: Accept Delilah Saunders as an eligible liver transplant patient
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Montréal, Canada
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Delilah Saunders has acute liver failure and requires a liver transplant. However, policy in Ontario is denying her access to the transplant wait list due to a history of alcohol use. In fact, health care professionals have indicated to friends and family that even personal live donors (who donate a portion of their own liver) will not be permitted even if a match is found, based on their discriminatory policy of disqualification.
Delilah is a social advocate for Indigenous issues of concern and has dedicated her young life to bettering that of others. At 26 years old, she has already spoken across the country for Missing and Murdered indigenous Women and Girls, wrote for Teen Vogue, accepted Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience award, written a Libretto. Delilah is a vocal protector of land and water through her resistance to the Muskrat Falls Project in her home of Labrador, and other invasive and damaging extraction project.
On Delilah's behalf, we are requesting this punitive, biased policy be set aside in order for Delilah to have access to the medical care required to save her life. Delilah has touched many lives in her roles as advocate, educator, and friend. In light of her service to the greater good, we are now offered the opportunity to provide assistance to someone who has given so much.We are aware that exceptions to these policies have been made in the past. Therefore, we're requesting people to petition Liver Transplant centres in Toronto, London and Montreal to perform this life-saving surgery.
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