Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation

International student Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died due to a ‘perfect storm’ of lax safety protocols, advocates say Patient advocates in Canada have called for a new investigation into the death of a young woman who was donating blood plasma, describing a “perfect storm” of lax safety protocols and poorly trained staff and warning of “systemic issues” at plasma donation sites across the country. Rodiyat Alabede, an international student at the University of Winnipeg, died of cardiac arrest shortl...

By Leyland Cecco in Toronto

International student who died after donating plasma in Winnipeg suffered sudden cardiac arrest, family representative says

A representative for the family of an international student who died after donating plasma at a Winnipeg for-profit centre says she had an enlarged heart and the process would have caused profound stress on her body.