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A young organ donor’s legacy goes beyond her gifts of life

A young organ donor’s legacy goes beyond her gifts of life

In 2016, BCT organ donation coordinator David Torney was an ICU nurse in Nanaimo. He was on shift the night his homestay student María was rushed in with severe injuries. What happened afterwards transformed four people’s lives.

Liver transplant is personal for surgeon Dr. Peter Kim

Liver transplant is personal for surgeon Dr. Peter Kim

Liver transplant surgeon Dr. Peter Kim is one of the health-care professionals featured in the Knowledge Network docuseries ‘Transplant Stories.’ He shares more about his inspiration for his medical specialty – his dad.

Giving grieving families a voice through organ donation

Giving grieving families a voice through organ donation

The third episode of ‘Transplant Stories’ features a young girl who received a gifted heart as an infant. The sad reality is organ donation and transplantation happen at all ages. BC Transplant’s Nikki Hannah supports families of pediatric donors.

Dianne and her new set of lungs

Dianne and her new set of lungs

In the first episode of the Knowledge Network docuseries ‘Transplant Stories’, we follow along as a grandmother of three gets a new chance at life with a double lung transplant.

Finding love after transplant

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.


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