B.C. man prepares to be first to receive double-hand transplant in Canada

When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise. "We're targeting August, maybe early September," he said in a recent interview. "I was even shocked when (the doctor) told me. I met him last week and I asked him for a ballpark time frame. And he said August, and I said 'Oh, OK.' I wasn't quite ready for that." Thompson moved to Ontario from British Columbia in April to pre