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      Parents unable to donate dead son's organs because of hospital staff shortages | CBC.ca Loaded

      Parents unable to donate dead son's organs because of hospital staff shortages

      6 years ago
      Duration 0:49

      Parents unable to donate dead son's organs because of hospital staff shortages

      • 6 years ago
      • News
      • Duration 0:49

      Avery Astle was one of four teenagers to die after a recent Miramichi crash. Now his parents are grieving again after being told there was no one in the province to available to harvest his organs or tissues.

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