'Really relieved': Potential kidney transplant no longer delayed by B.C. health-care crisis

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A Metchosin man who wants to help a Calgary toddler in desperate need of a kidney has been frustrated by the B.C. health-care crisis, which held up his potential kidney donation.

Henry and his family moved from Victoria to Calgary last summer, where the 22-month-old gets lengthy dialysis treatments to keep him alive.

The family found a potential kidney donor in their friend, Greg Powell, who lives in Greater Victoria."So I thought, I've got two, maybe I can spare one for Henry.""I was informed by the transplant team that the next step now was referred to my family doctor, and I said I don't have one, and they said you need one," said Powell.

"So that means he's in the hospital four days a week, [for] four to five hours every day, for the year. He doesn't get any breaks at all," said Jensen. "We're really relieved we can move past this roadblock and move towards getting Henry the help he needs," said Jensen.

 

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