The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) has been awarded a Provincial Conversion Rate Award for its work on organ donation impact.
Ontario Health’s Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) has given the award for a fifth time. Fifty different hospital partners across the province have been given the award for 2024-25, the largest number ever to receive the award in one year.
The Provincial Conversion Rate Award is given to hospital partners that "meet or exceed Ontario’s targets in key areas of the donation process," according to the HPHA.
These awards celebrate hospitals that achieve or surpass the 63 per cent conversion rate target, which represents the percentage of potential organ donors, meaning patients who pass away in a hospital setting and are deemed medically suitable for donation, who go on to become actual donors.
HPHA had a 100 per cent conversion rate. HPHA supported one organ donor, resulting in the donation of five organs for transplant and saving four lives. Additionally, 17 tissue donors made a huge impact on many other lives.
"We are incredibly proud of our team’s ongoing commitment to organ and tissue donation," said Lynanne Mason, Vice President Partnerships, Transformation and Chief Nursing Executive at HPHA. "This recognition from TGLN reflects the compassion, collaboration, and professionalism of our staff and physicians who support patients and families through one of the most meaningful and selfless acts of care. Together, we are helping to save and transform lives across Ontario."
