Record number of organ transplants performed in southern Alberta in 2021

Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Alberta Health Services (AHS) says a record number of organ transplants were performed in southern Alberta last year. AHS says members of the Southern Alberta Transplant Program performed 105 transplants (103 kidneys and two pancreases) in 2021. The organs came from both living (25) and deceased (43) donors. The number exceeds the previous record of 101 set in 2017. In 2020, when COVID-19 first hit the province, 97 transplants were perfo