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Mission man grateful for the ‘gift of life’ after organ donation
A 31-year-old Mission man is grateful for another chance at life, after receiving a kidney transplant last month from a living donor. It makes him the 5,000th person in British Columbia alive today because of an organ transplant.
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Record increase in life-saving organ donations in Ontario, Trillium Gift of Life Network says
New data shows a record number of people received a life-saving organ donation in Ontario over the last three months, according to the Trillium Gift of Life Network.
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5,000 British Columbians saved by organ transplants but donors still needed
Since 1968, 5,000 British Columbians have been saved by organ transplants including a young Mission man whose kidney transplant journey spanned six years. Still, as Jennifer Palma reports, more registered donors are needed.
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‘I could die any day’: Longtime activist to push for organ donation rule changes at Queen’s Park
George Marcello is pushing for the rules around donations to be changed in an effort to reduce the numbers of people who die waiting for a lifesaving organ.
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New Brunsick Student Graduates University after Undergoing Second Double-lung Transplant
When Elspeth Arbow found out she needed a second double-lung transplant weeks before she was supposed to start cinema studies at the University of Toronto, she was in disbelief. She was 17 at the time.
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