Kidney Transplants
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Manitoba eclipses record number of kidney transplant donors, recipientsHealth Minister Uzoma Asagwara said at a press conference Monday that a record 83 Manitobans received a kidney transplant at Health Sciences Centre in 2023.HealthApr 22, 2024
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Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere, say doctorsOnly four surgeons do all British Columbia's kidney transplants at two Vancouver hospitals. Kidneys that can't be used are getting shipped to other provinces.HealthJul 4, 2023
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Toronto kidney recipient celebrates 40-year anniversary“He’s in the top-90th percentile for kidney transplants. He’s done well."HealthNov 26, 2019
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‘You kind of have to find your own’: Why Canadians are turning to Facebook to find kidney donorsIt was a match made on Facebook. A woman with a healthy kidney, and a mother whose son needed a transplant.HealthSep 2, 2018
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Imagine giving your kidney to a stranger – just because you can"And so once I knew that, I felt compelled to do something about it,” said Megan Owen-Evans.Mar 9, 2018
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More than 100 take part in Penticton Kidney WalkThe goal of the local walk is to raise $30,000; provincially, organizers hope to raise $450,000 for the Kidney Foundation.CanadaSep 27, 2015
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