Sudbury, ON, resident Garnet Harper died from kidney disease after he could not receive a transplant because he was unvaccinated. .“I said I’m not going to be participating in this program as long as people like my husband are not eligible to receive organs that are from the Trillium Network,” said Harper’s wife, Meghan, in an interview on Independent Journalism. .“And I said, 'are you aware that unvaccinated people are not eligible to receive transplants in Ontario, and that’s a large part of why my husband is lying in this bed right now.'” .Meghan said the nurse who inquired if the Trillium Network could take his organs if he died was surprised. While she was emotional and distraught, she tried to offer education to the nurse about what is going on in Canada. .She said hospitals “need to change because we can’t continue this way.” By the end of the call, the nurse agreed with her. .The nurse said she did not know about unvaccinated organ transplant patients being denied treatments. She pledged to pass on her comments to her superiors. .Meghan concluded by saying the fact that “they call you while you’re sitting next to your dying loved one and they ask you if they can have his organs, while meanwhile he wasn’t good enough to receive organs from them is, I can’t describe the feeling.” .“It makes me sick to my stomach,” she said. .An obituary from Garnet’s family said he was fighting kidney disease when he passed away at 35 years old on May 22. .“Garnet strove to make every interaction with his family and friends meaningful and therefore he will be missed greatly by his surviving nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and many extended family and friends,” said his family. .“Garnet took pride as a small business owner and passionately took on auto detailing with Sharper Auto Spa.” .He was born on July 13, 1987 in Chateauguay, QC, and was predeceased by his parents, Wakefield Atheson Harper and Teresa Mary Gauvreau. He leaves behind Meghan and his children Avah, Elyanah, Yarah, Nyah, and Judah. .The Supreme Court of Canada said on June 8 it would not be hearing Alberta resident Sheila Annette Lewis’ case against a vaccine mandate for organ transplant patients. .READ MORE: Supreme Court won't hear case involving unvaccinated Alberta organ transplant patient.“Ms. Lewis is deeply disappointed the Supreme Court of Canada decided not to hear her case,” said Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms-funded lawyer Allison Pejovic. .“She had hoped that justice would prevail in the courts for herself and other unvaccinated transplant candidates across Canada.”
