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The organ donation provincial project
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The mission
The relatively stagnant number of organ donors in Quebec is not proportional to the everincreasing number of patients waiting for a kidney transplant. In order to remedy this situation, the Quebec Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada is committed to assuming a leadership role in the field of organ and tissue donation by establishing a Provincial Committee in charge of promoting organ and tissue donation. This project is made possible thanks to the financial participation of Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Fujisawa Canada and CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund.
The Organ and Tissue Donation Committee's main objective is to improve the organ and tissue donation system in order to increase the number of transplantations in Quebec. Its mandate is to promote public awareness as well as that of health professionals and the government to the importance of organ donation. The committee works in co-operation with the government (more particularly with the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec), hospitals, health professionals, as well as with organizations and individuals concerned with organ donation.
CN Employees' and Pensioners'
Community Fund
Provincial Organ and Tissue Donation Committee
President:
Dr. Michel R. Pâquet, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Jacques Davignon, Past President
Dr. Marc Billard, Coll�ge des m�decins du Qu�bec
Mance Cléroux, Québec-Transplant
Danièle Drolet, The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Lisa Goulet, McGill University Health Center
Dr. St�phan Langevin, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus du CHA
Guy Langlois, The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Michel Lebrun, ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec
Dr. Jean Tchervenkov, McGill University Health Centre
Committee's Activities:
2002-2003-2004
Organ and Tissue Information Day, Complexe Desjardins, Montreal
This activity is held during the National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week
2002-2003-2004
Professional Forum on Organ and Tissue Donation
Training day for health professionals
For comments or questions related to the organ donation project, please contact:
Danièle Drolet
Director of the Organ Donation Program
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Quebec Branch
2300 René-Lévesque Blvd. W
Montreal (Quebec) H3H 2R5
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