Terminally ill woman denied transplant surgery for refusing COVID shot loses case in top Alberta court COVID19AB
Annette Lewis lost her bid Tuesday to be restored to the transplant queue, with a three-justice court of appeal panel unanimously affirming aSign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“In this case, the charter does not apply to the exercise of clinical judgments in formulating pre-conditions to organ transplant, including requiring vaccination against COVID-19 in the wake of the pandemic.” “We are not persuaded this court can, or ought to, interfere with generalized medical judgments or individualized clinical assessments involving Ms. Lewis’ standard of care … while Ms Lewis has the right to refuse to be vaccinated against COVID- 19, the charter cannot remediate the consequences of her choice.”
A publication ban has been placed on the name of the specific organ Lewis needs, in order to protect the identities of her doctors and the clinic where they work.
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