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‘Waiting for a kidney during the pandemic made life so much harder’

A 23-year old student has said that waiting for a kidney transplant during the pandemic made life “so much harder”. Alisha Gokani, from Kent, is one of 4,658 patients in the UK waiting for a kidney transplant and has been on the list since 2019. She ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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Longford's JILLIAN tells of transplant joy

Three years is a long time in most people's book, but for cystic fibrosis campaigner Jillian McNulty it has seemed a nigh on eternity. It's a period in time the Longford native has spent large swathes of confined to hospital on dialysis while ...

18 Sept 2022 at 11:33

Mother accused over kidney transplant plot says family is ‘everything’

The wife of a senior Nigerian politician accused of plotting to arrange an illegal kidney transplant for their sick daughter has told jurors that her family means “everything”. Accountant Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, is on trial at the Old ...

13 Mar 2023 at 15:33

Northern Ireland

Siblings make life-changing organ donations to their sisters

Two sisters from Co Down have described how their lives have been transformed after receiving a kidney each from their siblings. Diane Chillingworth and Michelle Linden both found out in 2020, just two weeks apart, that they needed a ...

18 Sept 2023 at 20:56

Pig kidneys demonstrate ‘life-sustaining kidney function’ in a human – study

Kidneys from pigs provided “life-sustaining kidney function” after being transplanted into a brain-dead patient, researchers have found. Kidneys were first transplanted from a genetically modified pig to a human in 2022, and ...

16 Aug 2023 at 16:00

Donegal Live

Retired teacher's remarkable recovery after kidney transplant and meningitis

As soon as you get chatting with retired Ballyshannon and Bundoran secondary school teacher Ray McGough you can feel the pure joy in his voice. And that is no coincidence, for just over a month ago, his health was facing ...

20 Feb 2023 at 16:33

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Dad with ‘silent killer’ disease who had double organ transplant during Covid says it was like ‘sci-fi horror film’

A father who underwent a life-saving double organ transplant during the Covid-19 pandemic which felt like a “sci-fi horror film” as surgeons wore hazmat suits and oxygen masks has said he is excited to “participate in ...

29 Sept 2023 at 12:53

Derry News

Derry family hosting Coffee Morning to raise vital funds for Altnagelvin Hospital Renal Unit

Andy and Elma Deans are hosting a coffee morning at their home tomorrow (Saturday April 15) between 9am and 2pm to raise vital funds. All the money raised will be donated to the Renal Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital ...

14 Apr 2023 at 16:33

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Kilkenny woman living life to the full after ill-health

The expression 'making the most of life' is one that most people wish to follow but so many fail to fulfill in practice. However, for one Kilkenny woman, this positive ideology has become a hallmark of her life ...

07 Dec 2023 at 17:33

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Tipperary boy has Christmas 'miracle' after receiving a new kidney

Nine-year-old Finn O’Shea is about to celebrate his own Christmas miracle after getting his dream present – a kidney transplant. It will be the first Christmas in years that Finn, from Clonmel, will be free ...

15 Dec 2023 at 17:33

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Calls for more resources for Kilkenny dialysis patients

For many, a trip to the Kilkenny Dialysis Centre on Lower New Street is part of an every day week. People from across the city and county are joined by fellow patients from various parts of the South-East ...

09 Dec 2023 at 16:33

Kidney transplant patients to get ‘double matched blood’ to avoid rejection

Scientists are to double match blood intended for use for kidney transplant patients in a bid to make sure their donated kidney is less likely to be rejected. As well as ensuring that blood is matched by ...

10 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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