NV man receives page of a

Technology connects heart recipient

FOUR years ago retired accountant John Moffatt of North Vancouver received the paging message he had been waiting seven months to hear. The B.C. Transplant Society had found a suitable heart donor and it was time for surgery.

An organ can only survive afew hours.

It is essential patients be teady for surgery at a moment's notice,

“When you're on the list for a heart transplant, it’s a call you don't want to miss,” said Moffatt.

“The pager is your umbil- ical cord at the hospital.”

Today, Moffatr is healthi- er than ever. He has the rest of his life ahead of him.

Moffatt looks back at the freedom his pager offered him and remembers the hi ing trips, sailing adventures and camping getaways he

enjoyed knowing he would- n’t miss the doctor's call.

Moffatt chuckles as he recalls an expedition that caught one tour guide off guard.

He was on an ocean fish- ing trip near Campbell River, an area he knew he could go because uf B.C. TRL Mobility’s paging coverage, when he told the fishing guide he was on-call for a heart tran

The fishing guide turned pale, Moffatt said.

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y carefully,” Moffatt said. “He tald me not to get too excited when | catch the Big One.”

Currently, 335 people are on the B.C. Transplant Society's organ transplant waiting list. Nine are from North Vancouve

When the av an organ transplant is over two years, most patients on the waiting list have put their lives on hold.

That's why the society offers people on the waiting

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list for heare, tung, liver, pan- creas or bowel transplants free pagers that have been donated by B.C.TEL Mobility.

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