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Detective work by heart recipient John Dickhout (second from left) led him to Rick Prashaw (second from right), father of Adam. Both men travelled to Ottawa to thank staff in the General Campus ICU: (left to right) Clinical Manager Kristen Dupuis, John Dickhout, RN Danielle Vincent Mendo, Lynn Dickhout, Rick Prashaw, and Clinical Care Leader Mary Thornton.
A young man died in the General Campus ICU a year ago – and his story is a tapestry of interwoven threads: transitioning from woman to man, heart recipient who found the donor family, and hospital staff whose compassion was “an enormous blessing” to the family. Read more about Detective work led heart recipient to donor family: ICU staff’s treatment of transgender son “an enormous blessing”.
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