Media alert: Young girl is waiting for a heart transplant operation
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 21:58
On behalf of the parents of 16-year old Karèle Galaise-Séguin The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the MUHC invites you to a press conference
Karèle is on a heart-lung machine and is waiting for a heart transplant operation
Montreal – May 13, 2008 –16-year old Karèle Galaise-Séguin needs a new heart. The young woman is suffering from myiocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Her heart is no longer able to pump blood. She has been on an heart-lung (ECMO) machine at The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre for 16-days. The machine is doing the job of the teenager’s heart and lungs. To survive Karèle needs a heart transplant operation.
During a press conference on Wednesday May 14, Karèle’s parents, Annie Galaise and Robert Séguin will urge everyone to take the time to sign their organ donor cards.
Where: The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Amphitheatre
2300 Tupper Street (corner Atwater)
When: Wednesday May 14, 2008 at 11h00
For more information please call:
Lisa Dutton, Manager
Public Relations and Communications
The Montreal Children’s Hospital
The McGill University Hospital
514 412-4307
Karèle is on a heart-lung machine and is waiting for a heart transplant operation
Montreal – May 13, 2008 –16-year old Karèle Galaise-Séguin needs a new heart. The young woman is suffering from myiocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Her heart is no longer able to pump blood. She has been on an heart-lung (ECMO) machine at The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre for 16-days. The machine is doing the job of the teenager’s heart and lungs. To survive Karèle needs a heart transplant operation.
During a press conference on Wednesday May 14, Karèle’s parents, Annie Galaise and Robert Séguin will urge everyone to take the time to sign their organ donor cards.
Where: The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Amphitheatre
2300 Tupper Street (corner Atwater)
When: Wednesday May 14, 2008 at 11h00
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For more information please call:
Lisa Dutton, Manager
Public Relations and Communications
The Montreal Children’s Hospital
The McGill University Hospital
514 412-4307