CBC News: Canadian plasma clinic that pays donors $25 per visit opens in Saskatoon

Posted on: August 2nd, 2016 by webmaster

The topic of paying people to donate blood products has been controversial.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour are asking the province to ban the practice.

“When you start selling it, it quits becoming a public resource,” says CUPE Saskatchewan president Tom Graham.

“It’s adding another level of privatization into our health-care system.”

Provinces like Ontario and Quebec have brought in bans on selling blood products.

Read the full article on the CBC News web site.