AlsoPaisleyCat<p>‘The Gosling Effect’ isn’t about Ryan, the Canadian actor.</p><p>It’s about the power of altruism, and the impact of Kevin Gosling, an ordinary Canadian who made a decision to make an anonymous donation of a part of his liver. His persistence changed the health care system and the way unrelated organ donors are viewed.</p><p>He is however an uncle to Ryan, in the very large Gosling extended family.</p><p>A comprehensive feature from The Ottawa Citizen reports on the transformative impact of Kevin Gosling and the others donors for whom he cleared the path.</p><p>‘A total of 2,936 organ transplants were performed in Canada in 2022. Eighty per cent of those transplants used deceased donor organs and 20 per cent used living donor organs. Fifty-two per cent of those living donors were related to the recipient. Forty-eight per cent were unrelated. . .</p><p>. . . And yet, outside of Canada, there is still a lack of understanding of how someone can be willing to give part of their organ to a complete stranger.</p><p>Dr. Nazia Selzner, who is the medical director of the live donor liver transplantation program at UHN, said she is frequently asked when he travels the world: “What is wrong with these people that they want to help someone else and go through a major surgery?”’</p><p><a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-gosling-effect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-</span><span class="invisible">gosling-effect</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Altruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altruism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Good</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/GoodDeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodDeeds</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/RyanGosling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanGosling</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OrganDonors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganDonors</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OrganDonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganDonation</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Liver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liver</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Kidney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kidney</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/HealthCareSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareSystem</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Caring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caring</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Altruistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altruistic</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Selflessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selflessness</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a></p>