Tag: transplant

Teacher who died while waiting for new heart gets posthumous honour for saving three lives

News

Deadline News Journalist - September 14, 2018

A SCOTS teacher who died waiting for a heart transplant has been posthumously honoured after her organ donation saved three lives. Susan Reid, from Dunfermline,...

Hero big brother donates bone marrow to his little brother

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Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2016

A BRAVE young boy is giving his little brother the extraordinary gift of an extra 17 years of life. Owen Constable Walker, six, is though...

Doctors should harvest organs from dead regardless of family wishes says academic

Community

Deadline News Journalist - March 16, 2016

DOCTORS should harvest organs from dead patients regardless of their families wishes - according to a top academic. At present organ donations in Scotland can...

Doctors urge Scots to sign up to the Organ Donor Register

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 7, 2015

DOCTORS are urging Scots to sign up to the Organ Donor Register during National Transplant Week (7-13 September 2015) and to discuss their wishes with...

Kidney transplant Scot amazes transplant chiefs by breaking through 100 offers

Health

Peter Laing - May 15, 2015

A SCOT who appealed on Facebook for a new kidney has amazed transplant chiefs by receiving more than 100 offers from around the world. Daniel...

Mackenzie starts life-saving treatment never tried before in Scotland

Scottish News

Peter Laing - November 1, 2013

A LOVING father is donating stem cells to his cancer-stricken daughter in a pioneering procedure never carried out before in Scotland. Mackenzie Furniss, nine, is...

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