One in five deceased organ donors in B.C. last year had the deadly synthetic narcotic fentanyl in their system when they arrived at a hospital, according to statistics supplied to the Courier from BC Transplant.
That equates to 19 per cent, or 23 people out of 121, who donated organs to people requiring transplants for such organs as a kidney, liver and lungs. BC Transplant did not have a breakdown on how many or what type of organs came from people who had fentanyl in their system at the time of death.
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