Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere: doctors

Sukinder Mangat of Richmond, B.C., shown here in this undated handout image, has been waiting for a kidney for 11 years but kidneys donated in that province are being sent elsewhere in Canada because there are not enough surgeons to transplant them in B.C.VANCOUVER — Sukinder Mangat has been waiting 11 years for a kidneytransplant while enduring dialysis three times a week as part of a routine that leaves him exhausted, worried and unable to work.

However, there’s a bigger problem for everyone waiting for a kidney in British Columbia, where only four surgeons do all the transplants at two Vancouver hospitals. Kidneys that can’t be used are getting shipped to other provinces. By comparison, the Ontario Ministry of Health, which has seven transplant sites, said 10 kidneys from that province were shipped to other provinces last year. Ontario has 25 kidney transplant surgeons, the Ontario Medical Association said of the province with triple the population of B.C.

BC Transplant, a program under the Provincial Health Services Authority, did not respond to questions about efforts to recruit more surgeons. Doctors of BC, the province’s medical association, echoed Harriman’s concerns. It said each of the four B.C. surgeons does more transplants and works on call more often than their colleagues elsewhere in Canada.

“As it stands, the four remaining surgeons have had to take on increased workloads. They are understandably overworked, frustrated, and tired,” Doctors of BC said in an emailed response.

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