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CROSS CANADA RIDE FOR GIFT OF LIFE AWARENESS
Introduction
My name is Robert Crawford and on September 26th, 2005, I donated 67 % of my liver to my sister-in-law, Marilyn Olivo-Crawford. The operation was performed at the Toronto General Hospital. We are two ...
[ Posted on Wednesday March 7 - 10:15 pm ][ More... ]
The 6 Minute Walk Test Facts for Lung patients.
NEW YORK, NY -- September 15, 2006 -- For idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients awaiting lung transplantation, a simple walk test can predict mortality rates.
The research appears in the second issue for Septe...
[ Posted on Monday February 26 - 9:20 pm ][ More... ]
New Drug for Childhood Asthma Suffers
NEW YORK, NY -- February 15, 2007 -- Young children with attacks of sporadic, recurring asthma who were treated with the prescription drug montelukast by their parents had fewer unscheduled trips to the doctor, missed ...
[ Posted on Monday February 26 - 9:13 pm ][ More... ]
CONCERT FOR PRE-TRANSPLANTEES
ATTENTION: All patients waiting for an organ transplant
During National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, Trillium Gift of Life Network is working with the Canadian band Shaye
to give a concert for people ...
[ Posted on Sunday February 18 - 4:40 pm ][ More... ]
Valentine's Day Gifts
âBE A VALENTINE,â SAYS TRILLIUM GIFT OF LIFE NETWORK
Give the gift of life and speak to your family about your wishes
February 14, 2007 âToronto, ON â Trillium Gift of Life Network (T...
[ Posted on Friday February 16 - 4:39 pm ][ More... ]
ARTIFICIAL LUNG SAVES LIVES
"...This artificial lung ..." the Novalung - provides the hope that we can âbridgeâ or keep a patient alive until a life-saving lung transplant is possible.â
(Seen on Valentine's...
[ Posted on Thursday February 15 - 7:44 am ][ More... ]
Volunteer Information Session/Toronto Feb 13th. and 17th.
Do you want to learn more about organ and tissue donation and how you can get more involved in raising awareness in your community? Do you want to meet with others who are interested in working together to help increase ...
[ Posted on Tuesday January 30 - 12:30 pm ][ More... ]
Living Donor Recognition Event/Toronto April 16/17th. 2007
St. Michael's Hospital will be hosting a Live Kidney Donor Recognition and Education Night on Monday, April 16/07. The event will provide an opportunity to publicly acknowledge and give thanks to donors. There hav...
[ Posted on Tuesday January 30 - 12:27 pm ][ More... ]
Citizen's Commission on Organ Donation
On Monday January 29th. the Commission came to Kingston on its continuing mission to hear and assess public opinion on the subject of organ/tissue donation and transplantation. During the two hour meeting, the commission...
[ Posted on Tuesday January 30 - 10:22 am ][ More... ]
OETSG PICTURE ARCHIVES
By placing the link at the bottom of this news item on your web address it will take you directly to our picture archives.
Find a friend or see what the OETSG are doing in their work in communities across Eastern Ontari...
[ Posted on Monday December 18 - 5:52 pm ][ More... ]
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The question was, 'What would Tom do?'
From the Toronto Star May 6, 2010
It's a difficult question to ask a mother. And, you might think, impossible to answer:
How do you cope with the death of not just one, but two, o...
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OETSG Bike Donation to TGH
OETSG presented a cheque for $6000 to the Transplant Unit Treadmill Room at Toronto General Hospital. The money was used to buy a bike for physiotherapy and an Oxometre to monitor pre/post transplant recipients while th...
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65_REDROSES on CBC
65_REDROSES will Premiere on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) on Monday, Nov.16 at 10pm ET/PT.
For 23-year old Canadian Eva Markvoort (aka 65_redroses, her online pseudonym), the clock i...
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