A young organ donor’s legacy goes beyond her gifts of life Monday, December 23, 2024 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.
Volunteering with Operation Popcorn - BC Transplant's Way of Giving Thanks Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Operation Popcorn came to end on December 6 with many hearts filled with gratitude and joy. With festive deliveries to 29 hospitals, over 80 volunteers and BCT staff enjoyed the opportunity to give thanks.
Liver transplant is personal for surgeon Dr. Peter Kim Wednesday, December 11, 2024 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 Thursday, December 5, 2024 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.
Spend a day in the life with Jeevan Kang, one of BC Transplant’s surgical recovery specialists Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Featured in this week’s episode of Knowledge Network’s ‘Transplant Stories,’ you’ll go behind the scenes of an organ donation case with Jeevan Kang.
Dianne and her new set of lungs Thursday, November 21, 2024 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.
Without the organ donor, there is no story: honouring the gift of life at annual Donor Medal Ceremonies Wednesday, November 13, 2024 The upcoming Knowledge Network docuseries Transplant Stories follows the emotional journeys of transplant patients. But, without the organ donor, there is no story. BC Transplant honours deceased donors every year at our Donor Medal Ceremonies.
BC Transplant partners with Knowledge Network and Omnifilm to deliver ‘Transplant Stories’, a four-part documentary series Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Transplant Stories is coming to a screen near your soon, taking you through powerful stories of organ transplantation and donation.
Finding love after transplant Thursday, October 10, 2024 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.