Hospitals are slowly resuming non-emergency procedures as outbreaks of COVID-19 wane across Canada. But for thousands of Canadians waiting for replacement organs, the pandemic continues to disrupt transplant operations and the supply of organs.
The slowdown of procedures to free up resources for patients with COVID-19 “delayed a number of living and deceased donations,” says Dr. Atul Humar, director of the transplant centre at Toronto’s University Health Network. “We’re turning down organs.” Read more in CMAJ.