2005 World Transplant Games awarded to London, Ontario, Canada.The 2005 World transplant Games Transplant Games Sports medicine An Olympic competition open to transplant recipients. Cf Paralympics, Special Olympics. have officially been awarded to London, Ontario. The president of the Canadian Transplant Association ("CTA An abbreviation for cum testamento annexo, Latin for "with the will annexed." "), Janet Brady, announced on June 11, 2002, that the Province of Ontario, the Canadian government and the City of London have made significant financial commitments towards the implementation and success of these Games. The CTA has hosted two Canadian national Games, one in August 2000 and most recently 2002 in St. John's, Newfoundland. The CTA is dedicated to making the Games experience a centerpiece for the success of organ donation Organ donation is the removal of the tissues of the human body from a person who has recently died, or from a living donor, for the purpose of transplanting or grafting them into other persons. and a truly wonderful experience for all athletes. The World Transplant Games have previously been held once in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1993. The 2003 World Transplant Games will be held in Nancy, France about 80 miles from Paris. Information will be available later this year on the NKF NKF National Kidney Foundation NKF Norges Kampsportforbund NKF Norges Klatreforbund (Norway) NKF Norges Kofferttenking Forbund site, www.kidney.org. |
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