2024-09-27 from ottawacitizen.com

Gosling hadn’t slept well – he knew he wouldn’t – but he was too excited to be tired. This was the day he had been waiting for. He was about to donate his liver to a complete stranger.

It had been a long road for the then-46-year-old from Cornwall, Ont. For months, health officials wouldn’t take him seriously when he offered to donate the organ anonymously. We don’t do that here, he was told. Not only that, it had never been done before anywhere in Canada.

Some top officials in Canada’s leading liver transplant program were adamantly opposed to Gosling’s proposal. They said it was unethical and immoral. They questioned his motives, even his sanity. But Gosling persisted, so far as to undergo months of physical and psychological testing and preparation. 

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