Ajmera Family Donates Record 35 Million Dollars to Toronto Hospital

The Ajmera family has donated a record-breaking 35 million dollars to the University Health Network to create a new transplant institute, CityNews Toronto reported on October 29, 2026. The new facility will be named the Ajmera Transplant Institute at University Health Network. [1]

CityNews Toronto reported that the latest contribution brings the Ajmera family's total financial contributions to the University Health Network to 62 million dollars. The network stated that demand for organ transplants is increasing and that the new funding will directly support life-saving procedures. [1]

According to CityNews Toronto, the Ajmera family members were previously patients at the hospital and were personally affected by transplant care. Julie Quenneville, the chief executive officer of the UHN Foundation, stated that the family wanted to make a contribution that would be truly transformative for care. [1]

CityNews Toronto reported that the new institute will combine specialists in transplant care, research, and medical innovation into one centralized program. Organ transplants often rely on donors after circulatory death, which involves recovering organs after cardiac function stops. [1][2]