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COVID-19 and Dialysis Patients – Your Questions Answered

The Kidney Foundation, in partnership with The Canadian Society of Nephrology is proud to present this webinar, COVID-19 for Dialysis Patients – Your Questions Answered.

This webinar will give you the opportunity to ask questions to some of Canada’s leading nephrologists and dialysis specialists.

Organ Donor Becomes Best Friends with Stranger Who Received Her Kidney: ‘Most Amazing Journey’

“Francis, who was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease when she was 4, found out the disease had advanced into stage 5 kidney failure in 2016. She was in desperate need of a kidney donor, and she and her family turned to Facebook for help. That’s when Sipple came across the post detailing what Francis was facing.”

Local Families Urge Registration For Green Shirt Day

“Organ Donation Awareness Month is recognized across Canada in April each year, but for the past two years April 7 has had extra significance in the campaign to increase registered donors. Green Shirt Day is championed by the parents of Logan Boulet, a 21-year-old hockey player who was one of 16 people who died as a result of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Boulet had registered as an organ donor just weeks before the accident and had spoken to his father about his wishes a year before. His donation saved six people’s lives”

Green Shirt Day’s Organ Donation Message Will Move to Social Media for 2020

“What I’d really like to see is people going on whatever social media they like to use, whether it be Twitter or Instagram or Facebook or Tik-Tok, whatever people like to use,” Boulet said. “Just go on there and make a post and take a picture of yourself in a green shirt. It doesn’t have to be a Green Shirt Day shirt, just wear green and register (for organ donation), talk to your family and be inspired.

Alberta’s Minister of Health has Officially Declared Apr. 7 as Green Shirt Day!

Let’s inspire EVERYONE to talk about organ donation.