Organ Donation

• B.C. marks 11,000 organ transplants as recipients give back

  BC Transplant said Monday that the province has successfully completed 11,000 organ transplants.

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  Dec 2
  
• Desperate to ‘live again,’ this young man hopes plea will find him a kidney

  After his life was upended by a debilitating illness, a young man from Montreal and his family are making a public plea in hopes of finding a compatible kidney donor.

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  Sep 12
  
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• Domestic violence victim in Ontario saving 5 people through organ donation

  Her family is requesting anyone who would like to donate to the family consider sending their donation to Victim Services of Middlesex-London instead. 

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  Jul 22
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• Game-changing technique could boost organ transplants in Canada. Here’s how

  In a Canadian first, Lawson Health Research Institute successfully employed a groundbreaking technique to optimize and transplant organs from donors after circulatory death.

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  Jun 27
• New AHS campaign encourages conversations about organ, tissue donation

  Albertans are hoping that sharing their message about organ and tissue donation will encourage more people to have end-of-life conversations with their loved ones.

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  Apr 26
• ‘She gets to be 10’: Ontario child’s heart donated to girl the same age

  'Zeynah would’ve been 10 that May of 2023 so it just felt really divine that my daughter’s almost 10-year-old heart was going to a 10-year-old girl,' said Maryam De Groef.

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  Apr 18
• B.C. transplant recipient shucking up big time to support organ donation

  Two years ago Matt Thompson’s life was saved after receiving a liver transplant. Now he's giving back with a campaign through his Vancouver oyster bar.

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  Apr 9
• Teaching kids about organ donation for Humboldt Broncos’ Green Shirt Day

  Since 2019, Green Shirt Day has come to be known nationally as a day to support organ donor registration.

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  Apr 6
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• Quebec’s organ donor wait list decreasing, but the province can do better

  As of Dec. 31 there were 853 people on Transplant Quebec's waiting list, compared to 913 on the same date in 2022.

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  Feb 29
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• Why do some communities see fewer living organ donors?

  A kidney-shaped cake will likely be on the menufor Reema Garcha and her family as they celebrate the six-year anniversary of her kidney donation to her older sister.

  Health

  Feb 19