When a Montreal medical team pulled off the country's first face transplant last spring, it was a historic moment for Canadian medicine, but the patient's recovery remained far from certain. Eating is one of many tasks that remain difficult for Desjardins, who still relies on a feeding tube. Borsuk said he didn't realize there was a lack of financial support for transplant patients. "I think that we have a great public [health care] system and I think it works really well, but the problem with some of these transplant patients is most of them don't live near a transplant centre," he said. Gaétane Desjardins said she had to give up her job, because taking care of her husband is too demanding.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2019 21:00 UTC