Tag: Organ donation
about 1 year ago
leinsterleader.ie

A long way from Kildare! Newbridge woman returns home from World Transplant Games 2023 in Australia

Kidney recipient Bernadette Cox from Newbridge was welcomed home to Dublin Airport on Sunday after taking part in the...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Toddler saves three people's lives after she died in tragic accident in mum's bed

WARNING: UPSETTING IMAGES. Little Jessica Farrer was just 17 months old when she died after a devastating accident - ...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Woman cured of deadly cancer after groundbreaking double lung transplant

Tannaz Ameli had a double lung transplant and is now cancer free - a year after the first patient Albert Khoury, rece...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Mum's heartbreak after 'popular' son, 13, falls to his death from car park roof

Noah Gamero, 13, from Hull, was described as the "beating heart and soul" of his family by heartbroken mum Charlotte,...

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over 1 year ago
portsmouth.co.uk

City woman who donated kidney to husband shares story this Organ Donation Week

A PORTSMOUTH woman who ‘gave new life’ to her husband by donating a kidney to him is raising awareness of organ donat...

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almost 2 years ago
nypost.com

Dozens of deaths due to failures in donor organ screening

Failures in the donor organ supply chain have recently killed 70 transplant patients, and sickened another 249, accor...

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about 2 years ago
irishmirror.ie

'Harsh reality' set in for Irish dad after fishing trip and fall at home which led to heart trans...

Niall Whiteley opened up on how he 'wouldn't be here today' if it weren't for his heart transplant

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Ex-soldier's incredible transformation after one of world's first ever face transplants

Mitch Hunter severely burnt his face when 10,000 volts of electricity passed through him after he was in a car crash ...

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

'I drank four energy drinks a day for almost a decade and nearly died from kidney disease'

Luke Horne was told he had just minutes left to live by the time he reached hospital - but his mother Elaine gave him...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

NHS patients 'could be given pig heart transplants' after first successful op

US medics have made history by transplanting the heart from a genetically engineered pig into terminally ill human pa...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Woman who died of Covid at 48 wrote 'goodbye list' before going onto ventilator

Justine Laymond died on December 7 after she contracted coronavirus, 15 years after a double-lung transplant saved he...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boy, 7, may have only months to live with race on to find bone marrow transplant

Olcan Wilkes has developed aplastic anaemia and his parents Sam and Genevieve of Newent, Gloucester, are urging every...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mum dies at just 31 after going through 'absolute hell' of losing her daughter

Alice Holton, 31, from Middlesbrough, was 'dealt the worst cards in life but took on every single hurdle' after losin...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Full list of everyone eligible for third Covid vaccine dose - with mass rollout on hold

The government has announced today its Covid third vaccines scheme will be restricted to those with serious illnesses...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Man, 35, charged after death of girl, 11, struck by car while crossing street

Andrew Cairns, 35, faces a charge of causing death by dangerous driving after 11-year-old Ruby Cropper died from her ...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Aspiring police officer, 19, who complained of migraine dies just two days later

Daniel Morgan was taken to hospital after complaining of a migraine but his condition turned out to be fatal - and he...

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over 7 years ago
irishmirror.ie

Irish comedian Jarlath Regan to do something amazing for his brother

The Kildare man was told last August his brother’s life-expectancy was five years without a transplant

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