Saskatchewan man calls for changes in organ donation for gay men

Saskatchewan resident Dwayne Belcourt is accusing the Saskatchewan Health Authority of discrimination because he says his late husband’s tissues were disqualified due to his same-sex relationship.

On Aug. 30, Belcourt’s husband Merril Donkin died from stage four liver cancer. On the morning of his death, Belcourt said he received a call from the Saskatchewan Health Authority regarding tissue donations, and was first told Donkin was a great candidate to be a tissue donor. An hour later, Belcourt said SHA called again.

“They basically asked me if [Donkin] had intimate relations with a man in the last five years,” Belcourt explained.

Global's Kabi Moulitharan has the story.

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