• Jaimie - A transplant recipient story (video - 4:03)
• Eric King's story (VIDEO - 2:50)
• Carrying on with heart: Tammy Ripley, transplant recipient looks to future after receiving lifesaving donation

For more information and to answer any questions you may have after your transplant please contact the Multi-Organ Transplant Program.

Some organ or tissue donor families may want to communicate and share information about themselves to the transplant recipient. Writing to a recipient is a personal decision and the timing of when you write (if at all) may vary. What may be right for you may not be right for someone else.

Currently, we offer support to families who may want to communicate with recipients. Before it is sent, the letter is reviewed to ensure that confidentiality is maintained for both the recipient and donor family.

• Writing to Your Donor Family (.pdf)

As of January 18, 2021, it may be possible for donor families, live donors, and recipients to have direct contact with each other, if they wish, when certain criteria are met. This contact could take many forms, such as a phone call, a face-to-face meeting, or releasing personal identifying information so you can email or connect with one another directly instead of through anonymous correspondence through the Legacy of Life Program. Direct contact can happen at least one year after the date of a donation or transplant. Our role is to help facilitate this process.

We support donor families, live donors, and transplant recipients to make the choices that are best for them about much or how little personal information they choose to share. 

The direct contact process will be open to those who receive their transplant on or after the day the new legislation comes into effect.

For more information contact 
Family Support Liaison:
DonorFamilySupport@nshealth.ca
902-718-9124.