{"id":9532,"date":"2019-06-03T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:23:56","slug":"canadian-blood-services-releases-first-set-of-national-guidelines-for-organ-donation-after-medical-assistance-in-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9532","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Blood Services releases first set of national guidelines for organ donation after medical assistance in dying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Kelly Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            In the last moments before Bob Blackwood died, the doctor \npaused and, in front of a hushed crowd of operating-room staff, thanked \nMr. Blackwood for the gift he was about to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            It was the summer of 2017 and Mr. Blackwood, a 63-year-old \nformer lawyer with a rare and excruciating neurological disorder, was \nabout to become the first patient in Quebec\u2019s eastern townships to \ndonate his organs after receiving a medically assisted death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             \u201c[The doctor] said he hoped that this was something they\u2019ll  be able to do more in the future to help save lives,\u201d said Heather Ross,  Mr. Blackwood\u2019s widow. \u201cIt was just lovely how he put it.\u201d . . . 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