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June is organ donor month in Metro and David Lunginbuhl, 41, is celebrating it with greatest gift he has ever received, a new kidney from his brother (...)
June is organ donor month in Metro and David Lunginbuhl, 41, is celebrating it with greatest gift he has ever received, a new kidney from his brother (...)

June is organ donor month in Metro and David Lunginbuhl, 41, is celebrating it with greatest gift he has ever received, a new kidney from his brother (...)

Date5/31/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: June is organ donor month in Metro and David Lunginbuhl, 41, is celebrating it with greatest gift he has ever received, a new kidney from his brother Kent, 38. Both were in great spirits today after successful transplant operation Tuesday at Toronto Western Hospital described as a perfect match.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0026515F
Kent Lunginbuhl first started thinking about giving his brother, David, a kidney six years ago when he discovered David had a chronic kidney disease. (...)
Kent Lunginbuhl first started thinking about giving his brother, David, a kidney six years ago when he discovered David had a chronic kidney disease. (...)
Cooper, David
5/31/1978
Two years later
Two years later
Dunlop, Al
1/7/1989
Youmna Habash, 11, is comforted by her mother, Mrs
Youmna Habash, 11, is comforted by her mother, Mrs
Darrell, Dick
3/19/1971
All smiles
All smiles
Dunlop, Al
2/22/1991
Still smiling
Still smiling
Mahler, John
12/3/1985
Mending, Peter Alley and son, Tom, are both recovering well from a transplant operation at Toronto Western Hospital last week in which the father dona(...)
Mending, Peter Alley and son, Tom, are both recovering well from a transplant operation at Toronto Western Hospital last week in which the father dona(...)
Mahler, John
7/23/1979
In sixteen years the confident smile on the face of June Peters hasn't faded, even though a kidney transplant failed in '82 and she has lost both legs through kidney damage
In sixteen years the confident smile on the face of June Peters hasn't faded, even though a kidney transplant failed in '82 and she has lost both legs through kidney damage
Cooper, David
5/29/1984
Kidney transplant patient 16-year-old Paul Pope who received new kidney on June 28, leaves Toronto General Hospital yesterday for home in Barrie
Kidney transplant patient 16-year-old Paul Pope who received new kidney on June 28, leaves Toronto General Hospital yesterday for home in Barrie
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
8/28/1968
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Loek, Dick
7/31/1975
Quartet with new lease on life, Four men who have had kidney transplant operations are recuperating in Toronto Western Hospital
Quartet with new lease on life, Four men who have had kidney transplant operations are recuperating in Toronto Western Hospital
Geo, Mario
11/23/1966
Playing Happily indoors, Youmma Habash 12, left, can now also swim and skate thanks to a kidney operation at the Hospital for Sick Children last March(...)
Playing Happily indoors, Youmma Habash 12, left, can now also swim and skate thanks to a kidney operation at the Hospital for Sick Children last March(...)
Loek, Dick
12/9/1971
Doctors carry Kidney of Jeremiah Shennahan into Toronto Western Hospital for transplanting into George Rate today
Doctors carry Kidney of Jeremiah Shennahan into Toronto Western Hospital for transplanting into George Rate today
Darrell, Dick
11/13/1968