His own brothers had volunteered to give him a kidney, yet no hospital would perform the surgery.
Garnet passed away in May, leaving behind his wife of 12 years and their five young children. While he was still fighting for his life, hospital staff asked his wife if they could harvest his organs once he was gone.
He was considered unworthy of receiving a transplant while alive… but valuable enough to take organs from once he died.
This isn’t just a policy debate anymore. It’s a family that will never be whole again.
35-year-old father of five, Garnet Harper, was denied a life-saving kidney transplant in Ontario — not because there weren’t donors, but because he hadn’t received the COVID vaccine.
— Valerie Anne Smith (@ValerieAnne1970)August 7, 2026
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