- Lung Condition
Lung Transplant
If you are suffering from severe lung disease, a lung transplant may be your last treatment option to survive. A lung transplant can offer hope, but it can be a complex process that comes with health risks.
Up to 8
Lives you could save by donating your organs
Up to 50
People whose lives you could enhance
Last
Resort option for severe lung disease
Hope
A transplant can offer a new quality of life
- Alberta transplant program
- Become an organ donor
Alberta transplant program
Learn about the Alberta transplant program
If you are suffering from severe lung disease, a lung transplant may be your last treatment option to survive. A lung transplant can offer hope, but it can be a complex process that comes with health risks.
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Learn about the Alberta transplant programLearn about the Alberta transplant program
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Organ transplant educational videosOrgan transplant educational videos
Become an organ donor
Become an organ donor
You could save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of up to fifty people by donating your organs. Is that not a gift worth talking to your loved ones about?
For those living with chronic lung disease and struggling to breathe, a lung transplant may be the only treatment option available to them to survive and reclaim their quality of life.
We are asking everyone to think about becoming an organ donor and to share your wishes with your loved ones, so they are able to honour and act on your gift when it is time to do so.
To become an organ donor:
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Have a conversationHave a conversation Have a conversation with your family and loved ones about becoming an organ donor.
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Make your wishes knownMake your wishes known Make your explicit wishes known, help your loved ones understand your decision, and ask for their agreement that they will honor your wishes.
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Put it in writingPut it in writing Make your wishes known in writing and through your legal Will.
- Register to become an organ donor in Alberta
Talk to a specialist
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Resources
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Alberta transplant programAlberta transplant program
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Organ transplant educational videosOrgan transplant educational videos
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Register as an organ donor in AlbertaRegister as an organ donor in Alberta