Getting started with a Living Donation
This website is launching in co-ordination of the University Health Network’s “Living Donation Week,” which runs from September 8 to 14. UHN has become a leading voice in a global movement to normalize the act of gifting an organ. The Centre for Living Organ Donation is based at Toronto General Hospital and is connected with the Ajemera Transplant Centre. The organization has created a thorough manual to help anyone interested in donating a kidney that can be found here.
You can also directly contact the centre, where a transplant coordinator can answer questions you might have about the donation process, eligibility, and risks you might face from the operation and the aftereffects of the donation.
For those interested in to find out if they are eligible to provide a donation, the first step is filling out this form and email or mailing out the completed document to Ajemra Transplant Centre.
Living Kidney Donor Assessment Office
Room 100 G, Peter Munk Building – 12th Floor
Toronto General Hospital
585 University Ave., Toronto, ON M5G 2N2
Phone: 416 340 4800 ext. 7568
Fax: 416 340 3009
Email: livingdonorkidney@uhn.ca
Paired Kidney Exchange
Canadian Blood Services manages the Kidney Paired Donation Program. This is a national registry where a living donor and their intended recipient can be registered to become part of a chain of compatible transplants with other pairs. This means that a potential donor, who is not a match for their intended recipient, can exchange with another donor that doesn’t match with their intended recipient and vice versa. So even if you are not a match with me, your donation could play a vital role in changing the lives of two people in need of a kidney.