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B.C. couple uses transplant experience to stay positive during pregnancy in a pandemic
Brian donated a kidney to his wife about three years ago and the couple from Coquitlam, B.C., says they drew on that experience to stay positive while getting ready for the birth of their first child last month.
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Doctors and Elders Unite to Pursue Equity in Organ Donations
While data is limited, a 2016 informal audit found Indigenous people made up 50 per cent of people in the province with kidney disease but only 15 per cent of those who receive a transplant.
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‘An unbelievable gift’: Coquitlam SAR member receives kidney donation from wife of fellow volunteer
“After Michael Coyle’s doctor told him to start asking family and friends to get tested to be a potential kidney donor he heard from dozens of people who wanted to help.”
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‘UK’s most generous man’ donates kidney, blood and stem cells in world first
Full Story: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-most-generous-man-donates-22072196?fbclid=IwAR1NQMoGcyk4lKVUqnDfR3-yWawlZQtr3VA0XtW8IFVFMadh1bOk5b5r1-8 Story Credit: Warren Manger (2020). Mirror UK
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Patients who Became Best Friends while Awaiting Transplants Welcome Change in Organ Donation Law
“It can be painfully difficult watching all of your friends out doing ‘normal’ things for a young person while you’re sat at home making up your medications, picking up prescriptions and always attending appointments,” admitted Yasmin.”
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