OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID\u002D19 in order to get a…
The case was dismissed by an Alberta court, which said the Charter has no application to clinical treatment decisions, in particular for doctors establishing preconditions for organ transplants.
The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the decision, prompting Lewis’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. “She had hoped that justice would prevail in the courts for herself and other unvaccinated transplant candidates across Canada.”Article content Lewis recently filed a separate legal action against Alberta Health Services, an Alberta hospital and the transplant doctors.
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