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Delilah Saunders is returning home from a Toronto hospital after doctors determined that her onset of acute liver failure was triggered by a buildup of acetaminophen which she was taking for jaw pain.
She has been released from hospital and is returning to Newfoundland to continue her recovery.
The 26-year-old Inuk woman, who is also an advocate on behalf of native people’s rights, made headlines earlier this month after she was denied a spot on the liver transplant waiting list. In Ontario there is a requirement that requires recipients of a liver transplant to be sober for six months prior to receiving a transplant.
Saunders’ struggle initially drew support from Amnesty International and Aboriginal groups, as her friends and family learned of the Ontario rule.
Saunders’s family has said she was told she wouldn’t be eligible because she hasn’t abstained from drinking alcohol for the past six months. The woman’s family have argued it’s a policy that discriminates against Indigenous citizens, the poor and other marginalized groups, while being based on shaky science.
A statement from Saunders lawyer issued on Sunday, specified that her health problems were as a result of the excess acetaminophen in her system which she had been taking to help manage pain.
Saunders recovered considerably during her time in hospital. She will now be seeking the attention of a dental surgeon in order to deal with the jaw pain she has been experiencing.
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She has been released from hospital and is returning to Newfoundland to continue her recovery.
The 26-year-old Inuk woman, who is also an advocate on behalf of native people’s rights, made headlines earlier this month after she was denied a spot on the liver transplant waiting list. In Ontario there is a requirement that requires recipients of a liver transplant to be sober for six months prior to receiving a transplant.
Saunders’ struggle initially drew support from Amnesty International and Aboriginal groups, as her friends and family learned of the Ontario rule.
Saunders’s family has said she was told she wouldn’t be eligible because she hasn’t abstained from drinking alcohol for the past six months. The woman’s family have argued it’s a policy that discriminates against Indigenous citizens, the poor and other marginalized groups, while being based on shaky science.
A statement from Saunders lawyer issued on Sunday, specified that her health problems were as a result of the excess acetaminophen in her system which she had been taking to help manage pain.
Saunders recovered considerably during her time in hospital. She will now be seeking the attention of a dental surgeon in order to deal with the jaw pain she has been experiencing.
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