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The Guardian - UK
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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donors

Rodiyat Alabede wearing a pink headscarf and sitting on the floor
An autopsy showed Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died of cardiac arrest shortly after donating plasma in Winnipeg in 2025. Photograph: gofundme

A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.

Grifols, a Spanish healthcare company which runs 17 clinics in Canada and is the country’s only private clinic for plasma donation, said it informed Health Canada of its decision to temporarily pause collections on Wednesday.

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