VICTORIA — A group that fought to ban pay-for-plasma clinics in Ontario has taken its fight to British Columbia, joining the NDP Opposition in its call against allowing such facilities in the province.
Members of BloodWatch.org were in the legislature Tuesday, when health critic Judy Darcy introduced a private member’s bill in hopes of banning companies from compensating donors for plasma, the straw-coloured liquid part of blood used for various medical treatments.
The B.C. Hemophiliac Society and the B.C. Health Coalition were also at the legislature to back the bill that is modelled after legislation banning payment in Ontario.
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