An Alberta woman who was refused a life-saving organ transplant because of her vaccine status has reached a settlement with Alberta Health Services, as well as the hospital and doctors involved. The settlement stems from a lawsuit she filed, claiming negligence. “The parties have recently reached a satisfactory settlement in this matter, and all funds…

A terminally-ill Alberta woman who was removed from an organ transplant list because she was unvaccinated against COVID-19 continued to be denied access to the medical procedure even after obtaining an independent medical report showing that she has natural immunity, said the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). Sheila Annette Lewis has been challenging the constitutionality of…

In a recent international academic journal, Chinese doctors at Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University reported two cases of transplantation using kidneys from infants for adult patients with end-stage renal failure. Two infants had their kidneys removed—one day and three days after birth—respectively. Given it would take weeks to months for an infant’s kidney…

In a recent international academic journal, Chinese doctors at Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University reported two cases of transplantation using kidneys from neonates for adult patients with end-stage renal failure. Two neonates had their kidneys removed—one day and three days after birth—respectively. Given it would take weeks to months for an infant’s kidney…

If you or a loved one has needed an organ transplant, you know the problem firsthand: There are not enough organs for those who need them and there is a long waiting period. That desperate need, and potential profits, have fueled a Frankenstein-like effort to find or create organs to give recipients a longer lease…

A six-month-old baby has been denied a life-saving heart transplant because he is not vaccinated. August Stoll was born with a complex congenital heart disease. Earlier this month, he underwent emergency surgery at the Vanderbilt Pediatric Heart Institute in Tennessee, but the operation failed, leading his team of cardiologists to conclude that the only way…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denied a life-saving lung transplant to U.S. Army veteran because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. James Jooyandeh’s requests for both a referral for the transplant and a religious exemption from the vaccine were recently denied by the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Wisconsin where Jooyandeh has been treated for the…

A 9-year-old boy is being denied a life-saving kidney transplant because his father is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Dane Donaldson was found to be a perfect match for his son Tanner back in early 2018 by the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital before the outbreak of the pandemic. The family decided to wait a little longer…

Those carving out organs from living innocents with their scalpels aren’t the only ones complicit in the crime of forced organ harvesting. Silence amounts to complicity, too. That was one of the arguments raised at a March 23 virtual roundtable held on the sidelines of a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting, where a panel consisting…

Reports emerge of worsening panic buying in China. Some have even been spotted fighting over goods in stores amid concerns over possible repeat pandemic lockdowns. Donated organs come with official price tags in China. Six provincial departments co-released a price guide for transplants. But critics say it may encourage killing for profit. Fourteen candidates are…