| BC’s healthcare teams work together to make organ donation possible amidst one of the province’s worst wildfire seasons | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/ODHD-Wildfires-Aug2021.jpg" width="482" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC’s healthcare teams work together to make organ donation possible amidst one of the province’s worst wildfire seasons | Six lives saved in 24 hours due to quick and coordinated efforts. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/bc’s-healthcare-teams-work-together-to-make-organ-donation-possible-amidst-one-of-the-province’s-worst-wildfire-seasons | | 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| Brian Parson: Heart recipient and firefighter | <img alt="" height="674" src="/PublishingImages/SPU[1].jpg" width="465" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Brian Parson: Heart recipient and firefighter | 56-year-old Brian Parson is one of the firefighters keeping residents safe in BC’s Southern Interior. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/brian-parson-heart-recipient-and-firefighter | | 2021-08-11T07:00:00Z | | |
| Finding light through organ donation | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Ethan%201.jpeg" width="446" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Finding light through organ donation | Ethan’s brother Elliott passed away in an unexpected and heartbreaking situation, leaving his family to grieve and make sense of the tragedy | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/finding-light-through-organ-donation | | 2021-08-11T07:00:00Z | | |
| Nurse goes the extra mile to save a life – by donating one of her own kidneys | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Kirby%20side%20by%20side.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Nurse goes the extra mile to save a life – by donating one of her own kidneys | Kirby Pickard came across a kidney donor outreach pamphlet while on shift one day at VGH back in 2015. The quick second glance that caught her eye, ended up saving the life of Monika Colmorgen. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/nurse-goes-the-extra-mile-to-save-a-life-–-by-donating-one-of-her-own-kidneys | | 2021-06-23T07:00:00Z | | |
| Congratulations to Jayden and Cameron – BC Transplant’s inaugural scholarship winners | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Winners%20side%20by%20side.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Congratulations to Jayden and Cameron – BC Transplant’s inaugural scholarship winners | BC Transplant awarded two “Live Life. Pass It On.” scholarships to Grade 12 secondary students who led an organ donation awareness project in their community in the 2020/21 school year. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/congratulations-to-jayden-and-cameron-–-bc-transplant’s-inaugural-scholarship-winners | | 2021-06-08T07:00:00Z | | |
| VGH Transplant Team run the distance across Canada | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Big-Run-VGH.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | VGH Transplant Team run the distance across Canada | Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, 10 members of the VGH transplant team who work together in hospital to provide care for transplant patients started to “run together” virtually across Canada. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/vgh-transplant-team-run-the-distance-across-canada | | 2021-05-03T07:00:00Z | | |
| 10 km for 10 years – Double-lung recipient marks a decade with gifted lungs | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Paul%20Underhill%202.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | 10 km for 10 years – Double-lung recipient marks a decade with gifted lungs | Paul Underhill was always an active child. Though he developed Cystic Fibrosis as an infant, a genetic disease that affects the digestive system and the lungs, exercise was still encouraged by his family. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/10-km-for-10-years-–-double-lung-recipient-marks-a-decade-with-gifted-lungs | | 2021-04-23T07:00:00Z | | |
| Going virtual: How BC Transplant volunteers pivoted during the pandemic | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/WALKOFLIFE-00135.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Going virtual: How BC Transplant volunteers pivoted during the pandemic | This year’s National Volunteer Week honours the awe-inspiring acts of kindness of volunteers who’ve continued to support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/going-virtual-how-bc-transplant-volunteers-pivoted-during-the-pandemic | | 2021-04-20T07:00:00Z | | |
| Green Shirt Day inspires organ donor to give life | <img alt="" height="602" src="/PublishingImages/Wade%20Graham%20transplant.jpeg" width="455" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Green Shirt Day inspires organ donor to give life | As one of many people affected by"The Logan Boulet Effect", Wade's organ donor Joan registered herdecision right after she heard about the Humboldt Broncos tragedy in 2018. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/green-shirt-day-inspires-organ-donor-to-give-life | | 2021-04-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| The Gift of Organ Donation and Sisterhood | <img alt="" height="436" src="/PublishingImages/KristaJo.PNG" width="393" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The Gift of Organ Donation and Sisterhood | Krista has seen both sides of the organ donation process – giving (her sister Maddy was an organ donor) and receiving (her best friend Joanne is a transplant recipient). | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/the-gift-of-organ-donation-and-sisterhood | | 2021-04-01T07:00:00Z | | |
