Kevin Gosling
Kevin Gosling is the first living Canadian to donate a non-directed live organ to an anonymous organ transplant recipient.[1] The elective surgery was performed on April 19, 2005 at Toronto General Hospital,[2] when the Eastern Ontario native was 46-years-old.[3] At a time when live organ transplant surgeries in Canada only involved donors whose live organ was intentionally directed to the transplant recipient -- a person whose identity is known[4] -- Gosling's push[5] to give a portion of his liver to an unknown person in need sparked the Canadian health care system to allow "non-directed live organ donation" -- the term for people who donate anonymously without a specific recipient in mind -- for organ transplant consideration.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Priest, Lisa (April 20, 2006). "Giving the gift of life - to a total stranger". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Hune-Brown, Nicholas (2015-12-09). "What happens when PR campaigns decide who lives and who dies?". Toronto Life. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ "'Angel' liver donor thanked by child's grateful parents". CBC. April 20, 2006.
- ^ "The Gosling Effect: How one man (and his liver) forever changed Canadian health care". ottawacitizen. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ Payne, Elizabeth (January 9, 2025). "How an organ donation from cousin changed course of Ottawa man's life". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2025-03-15. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ Cattral, Mark S.; Ghanekar, Anand; Selzner, Nazia. "Anonymous Living Donor Liver Transplantation: The Altruistic Strangers". Gastroenterology. 165 (6): 1315 to 1590.