Lung Transplant

• COVID-19 attacked one lung, cancer the other. A double transplant saved him

  One lung ravaged by COVID-19, the other damaged by lung cancer — this was the daunting reality facing 56-year-old Arthur Gillespie, a former police captain from Chicago.

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  May 13, 2024
  
• N.B. woman must move to Toronto for life-saving lung transplant. She can’t afford to go

  While the surgery is covered by New Brunswick's Medicare, the program only partially subsidizes the cost of lodging, which will be significant in Toronto.

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  May 7, 2024
  
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• Alberta man walking 500km from Lethbridge to Edmonton for lung disease research

  An Alberta man is in the midst of a 500 kilometre walk across the province after watching his father recover from a double lung transplant.

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  Jul 12, 2021
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• Ontario man believed to be 1st Canadian with COVID-destroyed lungs gets transplant

  Sauve, a healthy, physically fit man before he contracted COVID, saw the infection wreak havoc on his lungs over his two-month stay in the ICUs of two Toronto area hospitals.

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  Apr 12, 2021
• After COVID-related transplant delays, 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant

  'I'm emotionally exhausted but exhilarated and a bit fragile after six months of waiting and not knowing when it would happen.'

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  Nov 21, 2020
• Woman’s lungs look like ‘Swiss cheese’ after COVID-19, gets double transplant

  A young woman's lungs were damaged so badly by the novel coronavirus that she needed a double lung transplant, a U.S. hospital said.

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  Jun 15, 2020
• Reducing the coronavirus risk for Saskatchewan lung transplant patients

  Lung transplant patients in Saskatchewan can access their health care support team virtually while they recover at home, reducing the risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.

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  Jun 12, 2020
• Transplant patient’s pandemic life: family bonding, and hope that lungs come soon

  Nova Scotia's 15-year-old Tahlia Ali has been waiting for a lung transplant operation she hopes will change her future.

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  Jun 10, 2020
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• Increase in travel allowance to ‘make a world of difference’ for N.B. lung transplant patients

  Funding has gone from $1,500 to $2,500 per month to ease the financial burden for those who must travel out of province for care.

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  Jan 3, 2020
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• Support pours in for Halifax lung transplant hopeful

  An online fundraiser launched last week has raised more than $54,000 to support Jaimie Harbin Keeping as she travels to Toronto to receive a double lung transplant

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  Apr 29, 2019