Give Life Alberta: What You Need to Know about Organ and Tissue Donation
Over 90% of Albertans support organ and tissue donation, but few know how to act on their good intentions. Give Life Alberta’s Senior Communications Advisor Su-Ling Goh (formerly of Global News) will share what you need to know if you’re interested in leaving a life-saving gift, and a kidney recipient will share his incredible story of hope.
Su-Ling Goh is the Senior Communications Advisor for Give Life Alberta (formerly the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Program). She proudly joined the team after 17 years as the award-winning Health Reporter at Global Edmonton, where she always felt honoured to share inspirational stories of generous donor families and grateful recipients.
In her new role with AHS, Su-Ling is encouraging a culture of donation in Alberta through awareness campaigns, community engagement and public education sessions. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta and a diploma in Radio and Television from NAIT.
Su-Ling will be joined by Christian Zyp who has benefited from a donated organ:
Christian Zyp has been a teacher with Edmonton Catholic Schools for over twenty-five years. In addition to teaching Drama, he has also been a volunteer at CJSR, a member of the board for several film festivals in Edmonton and performed for many years on stage in productions he wrote and co-directed. In late February 2016 he contracted meningitis and nearly died. After being in a medically induced coma he discovered he was a bilateral below the knee amputee, had skin grafts over a third of his body, lost his right thumb, has permanent nerve and tendon damage on both arms and kidney failure. In 2019, after nearly 3000 hours of dialysis, he received a kidney transplant.