Finding love after transplant | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Kaleena%20and%20Jordan.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Finding love after transplant | The gift of life through organ donation gives transplant recipients a second, sometimes third, chance at life. Sometimes they also find love along the way. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/finding-love-after-transplant | | 2024-10-10T07:00:00Z | | |
Meet BCT’s Living Organ Donor Recovery Coordinator, Melissa | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Melissa.jpeg" width="391" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 70px;" /> | Meet BCT’s Living Organ Donor Recovery Coordinator, Melissa | In honour of Living Donation Week, we shine a spotlight on our Living Organ Donor Recovery Coordinator, Melissa. She plays an integral part in ensuring living kidney retrievals are safe and successful. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/meet-bct’s-living-organ-donor-recovery-coordinator-melissa | | 2024-09-11T07:00:00Z | | |
“My mom gave me life and I was able to return the gift of life.” | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Amy-and-mom2.png" width="397" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 70px;" /> | “My mom gave me life and I was able to return the gift of life.” | Three years ago, Amy’s mother Vicky was in desperate need of a new kidney. Amy was determined to help save her life and knew in her heart she would be a match. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/my-mom-gave-me-life-and-i-was-able-to-return-the-gift-of-life | | 2024-09-06T07:00:00Z | | |
Langley boy starts high school next week, thanks to an organ donor | <img alt="" height="582" src="/PublishingImages/Jack1.png" width="391" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 70px;" /> | Langley boy starts high school next week, thanks to an organ donor | 12-year-old liver recipient Jack Matheson starts high school in September and embraces every opportunity to play sports. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/langley-boy-starts-high-school-next-week-thanks-to-an-organ-donor | | 2024-08-30T07:00:00Z | | |
Twenty medals and counting for this young Canadian transplant athlete | <img alt="" height="518" src="/PublishingImages/IMG_4750_jpg.JPG" width="395" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 65px;" /> | Twenty medals and counting for this young Canadian transplant athlete | Thirteen-year-old Addison McArthur will be the only pediatric transplant recipient from B.C. heading to the Canadian Transplant Games taking place from August 3 to 9, 2024. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/twenty-medals-and-counting-for-this-young-canadian-transplant-athlete | | 2024-07-31T07:00:00Z | | |
Celebrating 20 years of gifted life by (hopefully) bringing home a medal from the Canadian Transplant Games | <img alt="" height="514" src="/PublishingImages/Steve%20and%20dog.jpg" width="390" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 70px;" /> | Celebrating 20 years of gifted life by (hopefully) bringing home a medal from the Canadian Transplant Games | Steve Farmer is counting down to the Canadian Transplant Games, taking place from August 3 to 9, 2024. He will be attending with 13 other athletes from B.C. to compete in the Games— an athletic celebration of sport for the transplant community. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/celebrating-20-years-of-gifted-life-by-(hopefully)-bringing-home-a-medal-from-the-canadian-transplant-games | | 2024-07-30T07:00:00Z | | |
A thousand hard-to-match kidney recipients alive today because of national organ-sharing program | <img alt="" height="527" src="/PublishingImages/Rob%203.png" width="351" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 90px;" /> | A thousand hard-to-match kidney recipients alive today because of national organ-sharing program | The national HSP program for kidney transplants has reached the milestone of 1000 transplants. This includes 144 hard-to-match British Columbians who received a kidney through the organ-sharing initiative, giving them a second chance at life. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/a-thousand-hard-to-match-kidney-recipients-alive-today-because-of-national-organ-sharing-program | | 2024-07-25T07:00:00Z | | |
Six years and 40,000km by bike – Victoria man’s gifted liver has taken him far | <img alt="" height="556" src="/PublishingImages/IMG_3782.jpg" width="420" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 55px;" /> | Six years and 40,000km by bike – Victoria man’s gifted liver has taken him far | The Canadian Transplant Games take place in Ottawa from August 3 to 9, 2024. There will be 14 athletes from B.C. competing in the Games, an athletic celebration of sport for transplant recipients, living donors and donor families. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/six-years-and-40-000km-by-bike-–-victoria-man’s-gifted-liver-has-taken-him-far | | 2024-07-24T07:00:00Z | | |
Kidney recipient Brenda Brown heading to Ottawa to compete in her fifth Transplant Games | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Brenda%20Brown%203.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Kidney recipient Brenda Brown heading to Ottawa to compete in her fifth Transplant Games | The Canadian Transplant Games take place in Ottawa from August 3 to 9, 2024. There will be 14 athletes from B.C. competing in the Games, an athletic celebration of sport for transplant recipients, living donors and donor families. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/kidney-recipient-brenda-brown-heading-to-ottawa-to-compete-in-her-fifth-transplant-games | | 2024-07-22T07:00:00Z | | |
Five exceptional high school students receive this year’s “Live Life. Pass It On.” Scholarship | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/2024%20BCT%20Scholarship%20winners.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Five exceptional high school students receive this year’s “Live Life. Pass It On.” Scholarship | BC Transplant is excited to announce the five winners of our “Live Life. Pass It On.” Scholarship. These students’ efforts to raise awareness in their school and communities is creating change among youth. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/five-exceptional-high-school-students-receive-this-year’s-live-life-pass-it-on-scholarship | | 2024-06-25T07:00:00Z | | |