Catherine McCarroll, a resident doctor at the Ulster Hospital, successfully underwent a double lung transplant in January 2022. She shares her inspiring journey from being terminally ill to regaining her life during Organ Donation Awareness Week.
A Northern Ireland doctor says will be forever thankful to a donor who gave her the gift of life over two years ago.
She recalled: “Three years ago I found myself on the waiting list for a double lung transplant just after my daughter Eve was born. Ten days after Eve was born I was told that my already pre-existing lung condition had progressed and basically if I didn’t get the transplant within nine months to a year, I would die. This was devastating news for our family.”
Organ Donation Week runs until September 29th and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the current law in place around organ donation. The annual weeklong campaign also aims to highlight the ongoing need for more organ donors. Statistics show that more than 7,600 people are currently in need of an organ transplant, including over 250 children. Each year around 1,400 people donate, but despite these remarkable people the waiting list for donors continues to rise.
To mark Organ Donation Week, Minister Nesbitt said: “Organ donation is a lifesaving gift, and with the number of people awaiting transplant exceeding the number of available organs, it is essential that we do everything we can to encourage and facilitate it. That means continuously educating and promoting informed conversation, as well as improving the infrastructure to support both living and deceased donation.
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