233 people – living and dead – donated organs in B.C. in 2022
A record number of deceased organ donors provided British Columbians in desperate need of a new part with kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs and pancreases last year.B.C. has seen a fairly steady increase in the number of deceased organ donors since 2015, when 95 people gave the gift of life after themselves passing.
The majority of donated organs last year were kidneys. Surgeons successfully transplanted 209 kidneys from deceased donors, 74 kidneys from living people and three from unspecified ones. Donors also gave 100 livers, 25 hearts, 54 lungs and two pancreases.
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