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About 1,000 people have contacted and Ottawa Senators about becoming a living donor to team owner Eugene Melnyk. The Citizen spoke to two people who took the next step and filled out the 11-page form and faxed it to Toronto’s University Health Network:
Dr. John Kershman, 60, forwarded his information the University Health Network to be considered as a liver donor to Eugene Melnyk.
Who: Dr. John Kershman, 60, an Ottawa dentist. He is married and has two sons, 21 and 23.
Why would he give? Kershman is passionate about donating blood, and calls organ donation a logical extension of this. “It’s just a bit higher up the scale.” Kershman says one of the things that compelled him to apply was that he shared the same rare blood type, AB negative, as Melnyk.
“If life depends on something you have, how could you say no?”
Is it unfair that Melnyk has better visibility in his appeal than most people? “In other countries, wealthy people purchase organs. I think he is trying to do everything possible through the proper channels.”
Second thoughts? “I understand the regenerative capacity of the liver. I would take a much longer view if it was a kidney.”
Quote: “A lot of the units that are collected for blood donation are used to treat the child cancer patients and when a person makes a blood donation they can truly say that I help someone else in my community live another day. That’s why I believe that the altruistic nature of donation is so important. It’s everyone looking out for their neighbour.”
Lorrie Howe, 53, a Toronto insurance agent, says she would donate part of her liver to Eugene Melnyk.
Who: Lorrie Howe, 53, a Toronto insurance agent and single mother of an adult daughter.
Why would she give? A personal connection. Although she doesn’t know Melnyk, he is well-known in Toronto’s tight-knit Ukrainian community. “My mother makes perogies every day at the church,” she says. “He has done so much good for the community.” Her interest was also piqued because she and her daughter share Melnyk’s blood type.
Is it unfair that Melnyk has better visibility in his appeal than most people? “I would want to same for my family,” says Howe. “I hope someone — well, tons of people — would line up for me if I was in that situation.”
Would she give to an unknown recipient? “I would probably want to know who I helped. I would want to sit beside them in the hospital.”
Quote: “I think it might be good for everyone. Hopefully he’ll make the whole Canadian system wake up to all of the ordinary people who are waiting. I think awareness will come out of this.”
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Dr. John Kershman, 60, forwarded his information the University Health Network to be considered as a liver donor to Eugene Melnyk.
Who: Dr. John Kershman, 60, an Ottawa dentist. He is married and has two sons, 21 and 23.
Why would he give? Kershman is passionate about donating blood, and calls organ donation a logical extension of this. “It’s just a bit higher up the scale.” Kershman says one of the things that compelled him to apply was that he shared the same rare blood type, AB negative, as Melnyk.
“If life depends on something you have, how could you say no?”
Is it unfair that Melnyk has better visibility in his appeal than most people? “In other countries, wealthy people purchase organs. I think he is trying to do everything possible through the proper channels.”
Second thoughts? “I understand the regenerative capacity of the liver. I would take a much longer view if it was a kidney.”
Quote: “A lot of the units that are collected for blood donation are used to treat the child cancer patients and when a person makes a blood donation they can truly say that I help someone else in my community live another day. That’s why I believe that the altruistic nature of donation is so important. It’s everyone looking out for their neighbour.”
Lorrie Howe, 53, a Toronto insurance agent, says she would donate part of her liver to Eugene Melnyk.
Who: Lorrie Howe, 53, a Toronto insurance agent and single mother of an adult daughter.
Why would she give? A personal connection. Although she doesn’t know Melnyk, he is well-known in Toronto’s tight-knit Ukrainian community. “My mother makes perogies every day at the church,” she says. “He has done so much good for the community.” Her interest was also piqued because she and her daughter share Melnyk’s blood type.
Is it unfair that Melnyk has better visibility in his appeal than most people? “I would want to same for my family,” says Howe. “I hope someone — well, tons of people — would line up for me if I was in that situation.”
Would she give to an unknown recipient? “I would probably want to know who I helped. I would want to sit beside them in the hospital.”
Quote: “I think it might be good for everyone. Hopefully he’ll make the whole Canadian system wake up to all of the ordinary people who are waiting. I think awareness will come out of this.”
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