1,000 donations: Canada-wide kidney donation program hits milestone
A nationwide kidney donation program has reached a milestone, and for one B.C. couple it has changed both their lives.
The program hit a milestone recently with 1,000 patients in Canada having received kidney transplants. The program was a collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health and living donation and transplant programs across Canada. The Kidney Paired Donation program connects living donor programs across the country, “enabling them to achieve together what no jurisdiction can do exclusively on its own.” A living donor kidney transplant lasts, on average, 21 years compared to 11 years for a deceased donor kidney transplant.
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