Kidney Transplants

• Manitoba eclipses record number of kidney transplant donors, recipients

  Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said at a press conference Monday that a record 83 Manitobans received a kidney transplant at Health Sciences Centre in 2023.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2024
  
• Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere, say doctors

  Only 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.

  Health

  Jul 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."

  Health

  Nov 26, 2019
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• ‘You kind of have to find your own’: Why Canadians are turning to Facebook to find kidney donors

  It was a match made on Facebook. A woman with a healthy kidney, and a mother whose son needed a transplant.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2018
• 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
• More than 100 take part in Penticton Kidney Walk

  The goal of the local walk is to raise $30,000; provincially, organizers hope to raise $450,000 for the Kidney Foundation.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2015