Two people have died in Canada after donating plasma at a chain of clinics that has been under scrutiny by federal inspectors for failing to keep accurate records, screen donors or maintain its machines.
While experts say the deaths are exceedingly rare, critics say Canada’s embrace of private companies to handle blood products reflects a “slow collapse of a system that has been the envy of the world”.
Health Canada, the federal agency that regulates plasma clinics, said it had received reports from the
Health Canada said its investigations were continuing.
Grifols said in a statement it had “no reason to believe that there is a correlation between the donors’ passing and plasma donation”.
The Canadian Blood Service said it was “deeply saddened” by the deaths and that it monitored donor health and followed “the highest safety standards to safeguard both those who donate in our centres and the patients who receive blood products”.
Source: The Guardian, 12 March 2026
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