Patients meet hospital doctors to celebrate success
Monday 17th August 2009
Those seeking hospital doctor jobs may welcome news that four people who received liver transplants on the same day have met each other to celebrate their successful surgeries.
Among the group were a mother and baby who were given part of the same organ.
Staff from Birmingham's Children's Hospital and the city's Queen Elizabeth Hospital carried out a total of five transplants within 24 hours during June and organs came from two separate donors and were given to two adults and three youngsters.
A number of the surgeons, including Darius Mirza, met with the patients at the session.
He took the opportunity to note that there is still a "huge shortage" of organ donors in the UK.
"In the UK, organ donation rates are well below that of other European countries. It's important that people think of organ donation each and every time a loved one or near and dear one passes away," he added.
According to the NHS, more than 10,000 people in the UK require an organ transplant that could improve - or save - their lives.
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