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A Year in Review 2012 – 2013:
Programs
Courage Lives Here
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Multi-Organ Transplant
VIDEO:
Tribute to living organ donors
These are the stories of UHN’s living donors — those who donate a portion of their liver or a kidney —
to save or enhance a life.
(Video: UHN)
Transplant
The living donor transplant program at Toronto General Hospital performed close to 90 living
donor kidney transplants and more than 50 living donor liver transplants. The liver transplant
program at Toronto General, the largest in North America, performs more live liver transplants than
all other programs in Canada combined.
Highest immune risk
UHN’s desensitization program, to offer transplant opportunities to the highest immune risk
patients, is the longest running and largest renal desensitization program in Canada. In 2012, we
successfully desensitized 14 kidney transplant recipients.
Outreach Initiative
In partnership with Trillium Gift of Life Network, SickKids and St. Michael’s Hospital, the High
School Outreach Initiative increased awareness of the need for organ and tissue donation. Since
2011, more than 12,000 GTA high school students have participated in presentations. As a result,
82 per cent of students said they were likely or very likely to register at beadonor.ca, compared
to 24 per cent before the presentations.
Highlights
Above, Hélène Campbell with members of her care team.
(Photo: Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen)
A post-transplant Hélène Campbell shows off a special dance at Toronto General Hospital.
From left to right: Dr. Gary Levy, Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, Hélène, her mom, Manon, and dad, Alan.
(Photo: UHN)
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