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Heart Transplant Recipients Dedicated to Organ Donation Awareness and Providing Information and Support to its members
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HeartLinks hosted it's annual summer picnic on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Please visit the events page to see pictures and read about the event.
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (NOTDAW) 2024 wraps up April 27th, 2024. This week is dedicated to shining a light on the power of donation and transplantation. Visit our events pag
HeartLinks hosted it's annual summer picnic on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Please visit the events page to see pictures and read about the event.
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (NOTDAW) 2024 wraps up April 27th, 2024. This week is dedicated to shining a light on the power of donation and transplantation. Visit our events page to read more about NOTDAW 2024!
HeartLinks held its Annual AGM and Christmas 2023 get together on December 7th, 2023. Please visit the events page for details.
Organ and tissue donation saves lives. By registering your intent using Manitoba's online organ and tissue donor registry www.signupforlife.ca information about your donation decision will be available and accessible should it ever be required. Since the launch of the registry in 2012, 68,348 Manitobans have registered and the number climbs every day. Nearly everyone has the potential to be an organ and tissue donor. One donor can save the life of eight people and enhance the quality of life for another 75 through the gift of tissue donation. Registration takes two minutes and three pieces of information; name, birthday and nine-digit health number. Between 2012 when the www.signupforlife.ca onine donor registry began and 2021, organ donations and transplantations increased by 23%, with 1,328 donations and 2,750 transplantations occurring in 2021. We as a group of grateful organ recipients, will continue in doing our part to spread organ and tissue donor awareness! HeartLinks wrapped up its first in person Annual AGM and Christmas get together in 2 years. Find out more details in our Events page. 2022 marked 10 years of online service for Manitoba's online organ and tissue donor registry www.signupforlife.ca To mark this milestone a goal was set to add 10,000 new registrations by the end of the year. Transplant Manitoba pushed hard to mark the 10K in 10 milestone however, COVID-19 affected registration traffic despite their best efforts. As of January 31, 2023, the registry holds the donation decisions of 64,618 Manitobans! Due to COVID-19 some events have been either cancelled or postponed. Please visit the events page for a complete list of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will keep you informed of any upcoming changes or cancellations to our normally scheduled upcoming events.
Health/Information News
Health/Information News
Health/Information News
Nurses week 2024 is May 6-12th. This year's theme is: Changing Lives. Shaping Tomorrow. Visit our health and information news page to read a fantastic story published by St. Boniface Hospital Foundation (SBHF) featuring our very own transplant nurse Shari Barker. Nurses play a crucial role in directly impacting the lives of patients. Thr
Nurses week 2024 is May 6-12th. This year's theme is: Changing Lives. Shaping Tomorrow. Visit our health and information news page to read a fantastic story published by St. Boniface Hospital Foundation (SBHF) featuring our very own transplant nurse Shari Barker. Nurses play a crucial role in directly impacting the lives of patients. Through their care, compassion and expertise they contribute to positive changes in the health and well being of their patients. HeartLinks Manitoba, along with SBHF celebrate Shari Barker's incredible nursing skills and most importantly, her care and compassion for each patient. Additionally, Shari was presented with a nursing award at the St. Boniface Hospital. Michael Helewa and Alan Scramstad were both in attendance for Shari's award presentation. We Love you Shari! It's that time of year to look back and wrap up 2023. HeartLinks was pleased to hold its first NOTDAW event, annual summer picnic and the annual AGM and Christmas get together since COVID-19 ended all in-person activities in 2020. We look forward to more in person activities. Dr. Bill Wall, retired surgeon and a children's book author, visited Winnipeg for an annual scientific meeting. During his visit, Dr. Wall made an appearance at a local elementary school to do a book reading from his book, "the ant who needed a transplant". Dr. Wall has been gifting his book to many school libraries throughout the province and his book will reach more than 100 school divisions across Canada by year end. The Kidney Paired Program hit a fantastic milestone of 1,000 transplants. Well Done! The signupforlife.ca organ and tissue donor registry logged 4,318 new registrations in 2023, bringing the total number of registrations since the launch of the registry in 2012 to 68,348! Manitoba's many community partners such as blood.ca and Transplant Manitoba-Gift of Life continue their work to raise organ and tissue donor awareness. Cold and flu season is upon us. Transplant recipients getting flu and COVID-19 booster shots is important to protect ourselves. Click on the Government of Manitoba website link https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/vaccine.htto read more on the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and MRNA schedule, proof of vaccination and vaccine finder. Our news section includes a wide variety of health, wellness, research and COVID-19 related articles. We have also dedicated a page for the Manitoba Organ and Tissue Task Force which you will find at the top of our home page. You will also find updated information and news articles important to heart transplant recipients and their families and friends. News that can impact and enhance our lives
Heart Transplant Stories
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Heart Transplant Stories
Do you find yourself spending an increased amount of time at home, whether it be by working remotely or maybe retired? This can be a great opportunity to write your transplant story to share here. You can contact any board member and we will be happy to help you if you wish for assistance in putting your thoughts to paper. As heart transp
Do you find yourself spending an increased amount of time at home, whether it be by working remotely or maybe retired? This can be a great opportunity to write your transplant story to share here. You can contact any board member and we will be happy to help you if you wish for assistance in putting your thoughts to paper. As heart transplant recipients, we are a unique group. As individuals we each experience our own journey through heart failure to transplant and living post transplant differently. If you are a heart transplant recipient, on the transplant list, or living with heart failure we would love to hear from you and share your story here! These stories help connect us as a community.