Call for people to consider 'life saving' organ donation

Call for people to consider 'life saving' organ donation

Lung transplant patients have encouraged the public to consider the "life-saving" gift of organ donation on the 20th anniversary of the first ever lung transplant that took place at the Mater Hospital in Dublin.

Both organizations traveled to the town to visit CEP Nº12 "Juan Bautista Alberdi" and UEGP 128 "Jesús María" School. Throughout the province, "Let's Talk About Donation" talks are being held. This activity is open to the general public, especially the educational community, to promote awareness about the importance of organ donation. Walter Bonfanti, director of CUCAI Chaco, who led the talk, explained that National Organ Donation Day is commemo…

Liam has a message of hope for National Organ Donor Week

A former Broadford and Kilbane National School principal lights a candle and says a quiet prayer to his kidney donor every time he visits a church. In December 2022, Dunmanway native, Liam Patterson (53), who is now living in Raheen, County Limerick, had a life-saving liver transplant in December 2022. Mr Patterson has shared his health story in support of Organ Donor Awareness Week, which runs from May 10 to 17. He is grateful for the new lease…