Victoria doctor shortage delays donor from giving life-saving kidney to toddler
Last Updated: May 2, 2023 9:04PMA family who already had to move away from B.C. to make sure their toddler got crucial healthcare says his health is now being affected by the family doctor shortage in Victoria.
“I think he had almost 12 surgeries by the time he was a year old,” Lisa Jenson, Henry’s mom, told CHEK News from Calgary. “It’s been really tough to see him at his worst.” It soon became clear that the dialysis wasn’t sustainable and that Henry needed a kidney transplant. Steven’s college friend Greg Powell stepped up to donate his kidney to young Henry.
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