But the screening form, completed by a nurse at a hospice in Kentville, N.S., indicates 26-year-old Dee did not have any of those infectious diseases.was listed as the reason why his tissues were rejected, no one spoke to him for any assessment, which would have revealed the couple was in a monogamous relationship for over four years and did not engage in risky sex.
“I want this to be his legacy because they robbed him of being able to leave his legacy,” MacDonald said of Dee. The couple married in March 2022, nine daysMacDonald noted an advanced nucleic acid test can detect HIV about seven days after someone is exposed, eliminating the need for a lengthy abstinence time frame, which he said “makes no sense.” The test is not regularly offered but is currently mandated by Health Canada for “increased risk donors.
That was in reference to the Canadian Blood Services’ decision last year to remove blood donation eligibility criteria specific to men who have sex with men. The organization updated its screening questions to focus on higher-risk sexual behaviour for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. “We will let the Canadian Human Rights Commission do its work regarding this complaint and not comment any further,” Health CanadaThe CSA’s standards say that for potential donors who have died or are incapable of providing information about their potential risks, an assessment questionnaire should be administered “to a person or persons who knows the donor well enough to provide the relevant information.”are also named in MacDonald’s complaint.
Provinces manage their own transplantation programs. But the territories partner with certain provinces so their residents can donate organs and tissues and have access to transplants there. The Northwest Territories, for example, has an arrangement with Alberta. Dr. Murdoch Leeies, an organ donation specialist and researcher at the University of Manitoba, is the lead author of an extensive review of medical literature on inequities in organ and tissue donation and transplantation involving sexual orientation and gender diverse people.