Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Laura Hillier died of leukemia while waiting for hospital bed despite having a donor

Laura Hillier died of leukemia while waiting for hospital bed despite having a donor | Daily Mail Online:
Friends of girl, 18, with leukemia sign her casket with loving messages in a final goodbye after she died waiting for a hospital bed during a shortage in Canada

  1. Laura Hillier, 18, died after waiting for a bone marrow transplant during a hospital bed shortage in Canada, despite having willing donors available
  2. An Ontario hospital said it could only do five transplants a month and there were about 30 people who were waiting to have the procedure done
  3. At her funeral, friends and family signed her casket with loving messages
  4. The Hillier family is now fighting in Laura's memory to end 'deadly' wait times for hospital beds in Canada

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