The Beaumont Transplant foundation was founded in 1988 with the purpose of providing patient care, education and research in the field of kidney transplantation in Ireland.
Since that time the Beaumont Transplant Foundation has allowed many new developments to take place and has assisted in several education and research programmes in the area of Renal Transplantation. These programmes have been made possible through hard work and great support from individuals, companies and sporting organisations throughout Ireland. This support and generosity has facilitated many groundbreaking programmes and enabled the Transplant Unit at Beaumont to become a world leader in its field.
Since 1992 the Transplant Unit has been performing life saving simultaneous kidney and pancreatic transplants on young diabetic patients. At present, the Beaumont Transplant Unit is the only facility in the 32 counties that can perform this surgery concurrently. The benefits of this surgery are inestimable. As a centre for
excellence in the field of transplantation the Beaumont transplant unit has also developed a living related donor programme.
In 2004 the Beaumont Transplant foundation celebrated 40 years of kidney transplantation. Over the past 40 years 3,000 people in Ireland have received the gift of life through kidney transplantation, with patient outcomes improving all of the time. To develop these programmes, by providing patient care education and research programmes, that will improve patient outcomes, the Beaumont Transplant Foundation will continue to organise fundraising events on an ongoing basis. |
