BC woman says she can’t get transplant because of cost to stay in Vancouver for post-op care

A B.C. woman says she can’t access the life-saving transplant she needs because she can’t prove she has enough money in her bank account, and cannot afford to uproot her life to Vancouver for post-operative care.

“I don’t have enough money to save my life. In B.C., in Canada,” Christina Derksen-Unrau said.

The Princeton, B.C., resident suffers from asthma, emphysema and lung cancer, and a lung transplant is her “last option” to survive.

In December 2022, Derksen-Unrau was told she was a candidate for transplant, but the approval came with a catch.

Global's Aaron McArthur reports.

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