kidney transplant
Co Armagh girl Etta’s Christmas appeal for double organ transplant
Last Christmas, Olly Cartmill (4) from Bessbrook received a kidney transplant from his grandmother. Now his little sister Etta is waiting for both a kidney and liver transplant.
Quadruple amputee ‘indebted’ to a donor for second time after kidney transplant
Cor Hutton had both hands and legs amputated after developing sepsis in 2013.
Derry mum’s ‘devastation’ as daughter (11) needs transplant following kidney failure
Alison Caldwell’s daughter, Reagan, has been on dialysis six times a week since July
Kidney transplant patients to get ‘double matched blood’ to avoid rejection
Officials are to match blood donations for kidney transplant patients for both blood type and white blood cells.
Co Armagh family celebrate as three-year-old Olly receives kidney transplant from grandmother
Three-year-old Olly Cartmill from Bessbrook has become one of the smallest and youngest people in Northern Ireland to receive a kidney transplant.
Major advance in transplants as monkey survives two years with pig kidney
An ‘unprecedented’ study has paved the way for the long-term use of pig organs in humans, scientists said.
Siblings make life-changing organ donations to their sisters
Diane Chillingworth and Michelle Linden needed kidney transplants.
Family thank living donor after 11-year-old boy’s kidney transplant
Reece Sinclair underwent the operation last month after years of dialysis and other treatment.
Tributes to former Q Radio presenter who died weeks after kidney transplant
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former teacher and Q Radio presenter who has died after receiving a kidney transplant last month.