Tue Feb 14, 2023 – 7:28 pm EST
MONTREAL (LifeSiteNews) — Transplant Quebec’s annual statistical review for 2022 has revealed that organ donations in the province have tripled in the last five years, with a shocking number originating from those killed via Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
According to Transplant Quebec’s yearly report, the agency received “a record number” 854 referrals for organ donations in 2022, with a whopping 15 percent of which were sourced from victims of MAiD – a figure that represents a 130 percent increase when compared to five years ago.
“The practice of organ donation in a MAiD context is recent. It requires that significant adaptations be made to standard practices used by Transplant Québec and health establishments, notably by virtue of the fact that the donor is conscious and apt to give their consent,” said the Director of Nursing and External Partnerships at Transplant Québec, Sylvain Lavigne.
MAiD became legal in Quebec in December 2015 – and in all of Canada in 2016 – and the first two organ donations stemming from MAiD donors only occurred in 2017. Since then, these numbers have drastically increased, with 85 percent of MAiD
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