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B.C. marks 11,000 organ transplants as recipients give backBC Transplant said Monday that the province has successfully completed 11,000 organ transplants.HealthDec 2, 2024
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Double-lung transplant patient recovering, but says B.C. system still needs workWhen Global News first met Christina Derksen-Unrau, she was unable to walk more than a few steps and was constantly short of breath due to asthma, emphysema and lung cancer.HealthAug 22, 2024
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Game-changing technique could boost organ transplants in Canada. Here’s howIn a Canadian first, Lawson Health Research Institute successfully employed a groundbreaking technique to optimize and transplant organs from donors after circulatory death.HealthJun 27, 2024
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Woman who couldn’t afford to stay in Vancouver for lung transplant meets with B.C. premierA B.C. rural transplant patient met with Premier David Eby on Thursday to discuss monetary issues that transplant patients face when having to go to a major city for care.HealthApr 12, 2024
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Doctors transplant gene-edited pig kidney into living human for 1st timeDoctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans.HealthMar 21, 2024
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B.C. patients forced to travel need more financial support, advocates sayEvery year thousands of patients living in rural communities must travel from their homes to major centres where specialized care exists, often facing steep out of pocket costs.HealthMar 19, 2024
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B.C. woman says she can’t get transplant because of cost to stay in VancouverChristina Derksen-Unrau needs a lung transplant but says she can't get on the list because she doesn't have enough money to live in Vancouver for post-operative care.HealthMar 18, 2024
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Organ donations and transplants in Canada rebounding to pre-pandemic levelsThousands of Canadians remain on the waiting list for an organ transplant even after new data shows donation and transplant rates are rebounding to near pre-pandemic levels.HealthDec 7, 2023
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B.C. woman suing Interior Health after tendon transplant mix-upMarilyn Rogers recieved a cadaver tendon transplant in 2021, but later learned that the donor tissue had been improperly stored.CrimeJun 15, 2023
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‘You get hope’: Green Shirt Day designer talks about her own organ transplant journeyBrandy Hehn began her long journey when she was 17 and was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis.CanadaApr 7, 2023
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