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Organ donation is the gift of an organ to help someone else who needs a transplant.. One donor can give life to several people as well as restoring the sight of two more people.

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Institute of Transplantation

Special look at our transplant services

In 2009 as part of Transplant Awareness Week, Look North has a series of special reports from the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle featuring staff and patients.


BBC Look North Videos

  1. A special look at Transplant unit
  2. Continued wait for transplant man
  3. Pilot flies high after transplant
  4. Hospital hopeful of more donors
  5. Businessman waiting for new heart

BBC Audio Interviews

See the BBC Tyne website for lots more information about what went on during National Transplant Awareness Week in 2009.
  1. Interview with transplant coordinator Lynn Holt
  2. Interview with kidney transplant patients
  3. Woman donates kidney to her boss

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