B.C. woman says she cant get transplant because of cost to stay in Vancouver [Video]

A B.C. woman says she can’t access the life-saving transplant she needs because she can’t prove she has enough money in her bank account.

“I don’t have enough money to save my life. In B.C., in Canada,” said Christina Derksen-Unrau.

“It’s totally unfair because my life isn’t any less valuable than anybody else’s, but I am being made to feel like it is.”

The Princeton resident suffers from asthma, emphysema and lung cancer, and a lung transplant is her “last option” to survive.

The pre-operative care process has been difficult, involving dozens of trips to Penticton and Vancouver.

“I’ve gotten a lot sicker in the last six months,” she said.

“I go for regular testing, and between October and January, I went from 38 per cent breathing to 30 per cent. If I hit 22 per cent I am in the hospital until I get new lungs.”

In December 2022, Derksen-Unrau was told she was a candidate for transplant, but …