Eugene Melnyk may not have to wait long for the “gift of life.”
Doctors at the Toronto General Hospital have identified 12-plus candidates who have been selected to go through the donor screening process.
The candidates are at various stages of the process, the Senators organization said Saturday.
The donor assessment team has been poring over a list of more than 500 people who have stepped forward with a potential match for Melnyk’s ailing liver, after more than 2,000 people inquired with the hospital Friday following the Senators’ public plea for help.
Surgery could begin “within a week,” once the proper paperwork is filed and the “rigorous” screening process is complete, according to Dr.