575 people received organ transplants thanks to 232 organ donors, including 146 deceased donors and their families, and 86 living donors.
The 575 organ transplants performed last year include:
357 kidney transplants (new record);
107 liver transplants;
66 double-lung transplants;
30 heart transplants;
25 pancreas and islet transplants (new record).
These figures include multi-organ transplants, comprising eight kidney-pancreas transplants, one kidney-liver transplant and one kidney-heart transplant.
BC Transplant is also recognizing an historic milestone: 8083 kidney transplants have now been performed in BC since the province’s first kidney transplant in 1968.
Executive Director Eric Lun says each transplants, has had a profound impact, extending beyond patients and their families, strengthening communities across the province and improving the healthcare system for all.
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