It’s been 27 years since St. Paul’s Hospital started performing kidney transplants.
Today – the hospital announced that it had reached the 2,000th transplant milestone.
The recipient – a Williams Lake resident – whose mother was one of the hospitals first kidney recipients.
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Back then – the only organs available were from deceased donors. But today the options have increased.
There are living donors. Some are friends and family – others are strangers. And then there is the Pair Matching Program.
The result – a growing number of transplants are being performed in BC.
Even so – with over 400 waiting for kidney’s alone – there is a need for more to join the BC Transplant Societies Organ Donor Registry.
Watch the News Hour tonight for more.
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