Organ Donation

• ‘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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• 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
  
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• 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
• 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.

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  Feb 19
• B.C. sees another record-setting year for organ donations, transplants

  Numbers released Monday show that hundreds of people in B.C. received organ donations last year due to a record number of donors.

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  Jan 29
• More Quebecers donated organs after medically assisted death: study

  Researchers say 64 people in Quebec donated their organs after receiving medical assistance in dying between 2018 and the end of 2022.

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  Jan 29
• Calgarian with life-threatening condition part of new campaign to boost organ donation

  People who’ve learned of Judy Morrison’s plight have now come together in a new effort to help her and others hoping for a kidney transplant.

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  Nov 29, 2023
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• New documentary follows Penticton, B.C., woman’s journey as an organ donor

  Twelve years ago, Shelley Hunt became an altruistic kidney donor, offering to give one of her kidney's to a stranger. Her story is now the centre of the new film "Because I Can."

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  Nov 19, 2023
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• Are pig heart transplants a reality? Successful surgery shows it’s possible

  A married father of two last month became the second patient in the world to receive a successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart. A month later he's doing well.

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  Oct 25, 2023