The Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills discussed Bill 205, the Human Tissue and Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Amendment Act.
Read Full Story...For Fort Saskatchewan senior Doug Pearson, he hoped that same analogy could extend to the basic ins and outs of breathing. It had been years since Pearson had been able to breathe normally due to a lengthy battle with lung disease. But he believed the simple act of taking a breath would again come naturally after receiving a transplant to replace his failing organs.
Read Full Story...When Sean Delaney arrived at the University of Alberta hospital during the summer of 1999, he didn’t expect his visit to the emergency room to lead to a decades-long partnership in research and advocacy.
Read Full Story...Between 2008 and 2017, the number of individual donors in Alberta increased by nearly 50 per cent from 104 to 155. In 2016, Alberta set a record for most deceased organ donors in one year at 70 — 16.1 per million people — but still lagged behind the national average of 20.9 donors per million. “Transplantation is an incredibly rewarding activity and every day we transform patients’ lives that were previously on death’s doorstep, and patients who receive these transplants are so incredibly grateful” said the U of A’s Dr. Shapiro
Read Full Story...The Human Tissue and Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Amendment Act passed first reading in the legislature. If Bill 205 becomes law, Alberta will switch to an opt-out system, meaning a person would have to refuse to donate instead of agreeing.
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