Can you believe what the media would have done with this if he went to e.g. Montreal and had the procedure done with no wait time? Irregardless of what the Doctors' advice for urgency, the media would never leave it alone if he was done in Canada before someone else.

Hohoho!
If he did not get a tax receipt then he would pay tax at about 50% on the salary and then only have half of the amount left to donate to charity.
The TAX RECEIPT is of no net benefit to the giver.