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CBC News has learned two people — including a 22-year-old international student — died after giving plasma at Winnipeg collection centres that pay people for their donations.

The deaths are under review by Health Canada, which confirmed it received two reports of fatal adverse reactions in plasma donors — one in October of last year and another on Jan. 30, 2026.

The federal regulator says it is still assessing these reports and has not made a link between the plasma collection and deaths.

Rodiyat Alabede died on Oct. 25 after friends say the 22-year-old went to an appointment at the Grifols Plasma Donation Centre on Taylor Avenue to give plasma.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where I live it's illegal to pay for stuff like that. Well, you do get a sandwich and juice!

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where do you live?(If it's not too intrusive) It might be illegal here too but they get around it by saying it's a honorary $100 per donation.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

When I lived in sweden you got 50SKR (nothing to live off lol, it's like 5€) through a loophole, like money paid because you got hurt / the hassle (or something, I might be wrong about how the loophole worked).

Today I live in France, and it's completely illegal here. Giving blood isn't very hard, but people giving ovocytes go through lots of pain and so on, and they aren't compensated for that either. Guess you can't have it all. Better than poor bastards dying though.

Cheers!