Unvaccinated Terminally Ill Alberta Woman Denied Transplant Despite Proof of COVID Natural Immunity

A vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen at an Alberta Health Services vaccination clinic in Didsbury, Alta., on June 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

A terminally ill Alberta woman who was removed from an organ transplant list because she wasn’t vaccinated for COVID-19 continued to be denied access to the medical procedure even after obtaining an independent medical report showing that she has natural immunity, says the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).