Liver Transplant

• Alberta mom’s life-saving liver transplant inspires daughter to donate to stranger

  An Airdrie mom was desperate for an organ donation. She got that life-saving gift and it inspired one of her loved ones to do the same selfless gesture.

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  Oct 27, 2022
  
• Family of 6-month-old Toronto baby girl pleads for live liver donor to save her life

  A family from Bangladesh, is encouraging people to consider living organ donations as they wait for their young daughter to get a liver transplant that could save her life.

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  Oct 12, 2022
  
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• Edmonton man takes to social media in hopes of finding liver donor

  Dano Drummond is on the transplant wait list for a deceased person's liver, but is hoping to find a live donor match to shorten his wait time and extend his life.

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  Aug 3, 2022
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• Edmonton school boards offer work exemptions to select staff due to COVID-19

  Options can include either working from home, working at the site with extra supports or accessing leave entitlements.

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  Aug 21, 2020
• Calgary man makes public plea for liver donation as health deteriorates

  "This is much bigger than me. There are thousands of people across Canada that are waiting for organs and many of them won't get them."

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  Jan 22, 2020
• Edmonton boy battles rare disease that makes him ‘itch like crazy’

  It started with a terrible itch, then the toddler turned yellow.

  Health

  Dec 27, 2019
• Charter fight over denying liver transplants to alcohol abusers can proceed, Ontario court rules

  Superior Court Justice Andras Schreck rejected arguments from Toronto-based University Health Network that the charter does not apply to it as a private entity.

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  Oct 24, 2019
• B.C. man closer to liver transplant after ‘misunderstanding’ over alcohol abstinence policy

  In a statement Thursday, BC Transplant said the policy had actually been removed in May.

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  Aug 15, 2019
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• Alcohol abstinence policy for liver transplants discriminatory, Indigenous advocates say

  The policy requires potential organ transplant recipients to abstain from alcohol for six months.

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  Aug 13, 2019
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• Cobourg woman seeks live organ donor

  A Cobourg woman's desperate search for a live liver donor is highlighting the lack of available organs for transplant in Ontario.

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  Jul 18, 2019