Kidney Donor

• Calgary family uses billboard in plea to find a kidney donor

  Having undergone treatment for cancer and getting the all-clear, the timing is now critical for Alice Pesta to receive another transplant.

  Canada

  Feb 17
  
• ‘I’m not done yet’: Longtime Banff resident searches for a living kidney donor

  Dave Millard has been living with polycystic kidney disease, the same disease believed to have taken the life of his father when he was just three years of age.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2024
  
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• Family of Alberta kidney transplant candidate concerned over donor delays

  After years of managing diabetes, Amarjit Rakhra's kidneys are no longer keeping pace. He has multiple people offering to donate theirs, but suggests the process has stalled.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2023
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• Saskatoon woman hopes message seen on car will help her find kidney donor

  It's not just a problem in the province. It's a problem across the country. One in 10 Canadians lives with kidney disease

  Health

  Jul 25, 2022
• ‘Give one up, save somebody’: B.C. hot dog vendor donates kidney to customer

  Andrew 'Skully' White didn't even know Tim Hiscock's name 18 months ago, though he'd fed him plenty of hotdogs. Now a piece of him is keeping his customer alive.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2020
• Stranger aims to help Edmontonian find urgently needed kidney donor

  An Innisfail man who kick-started a chain of organ transplants by donating his kidney to a stranger is now trying to help a stranger find a kidney donor.

  Health

  Jul 4, 2020
• Hospital admits it gave kidney transplant to the wrong patient

  A New Jersey hospital says it mixed up two transplant patients' names and gave the wrong person a kidney.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2019
• Penticton grandmother, desperate for kidney transplant, pleads for live donor

  Sims, 63, suffers from a rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture Syndrome that attacks the lungs and kidneys.

  Jun 25, 2019
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• HIV-positive patient is world’s first to donate kidney

  “There are potentially tens of thousands of people living with HIV right now who could be living kidney donors,” said Dr. Dorry Segev from Johns Hopkins University.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2019
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• Surprise reward for kids behind viral video to help coach find a kidney donor

  The Vancouver Spirit pee wee hockey team got a surprise they'll remember for the rest of their lives on Sunday.

  Sports

  Jan 13, 2019