Midlands - My life, My gift
There are currently 1137 people in the Midlands waiting for an organ transplant. Last year 325 people living here received an organ transplant – the highest for several years. 318 people received a cornea or sclera transplant.
1.3 million people in the Midlands have joined the NHS Organ Donor Register which represents 19% of the region’s total population.
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Some case studiesRecipients tell their stories - the gratitude towards their donor and the way in which the transplant has transformed their lives. Families talk of the difficult but ultimately rewarding decision to donate their loved ones' organs. And patients describe what it's like waiting for a transplant, knowing that their time may run out.
Ellena's storyIn September 2006, Ellena's life was finally transformed when a suitable kidney was found for donation. And in A'isha's own words, the transplant has given her her daughter back.
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Jagmohan's storySikh Jagmohan Taank fulfilled his Gurus' teachings when he donated his organs for transplant to help others after his death.
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Zahida's storyZahida Dad had just started work as a solicitor's articled clerk when she was diagnosed as having kidney disease.
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Vic's storyVic reports that ”Having been told that I only had about two weeks left to live with my old lungs I went into hospital in a wheelchair and on oxygen and came out a new man!
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Peter's storyPeter Leslie was one of the country’s first transplant patients when he received his kidney in August 1965 – at the age of 25 – and, over 40 years later, it is still functioning very well.
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