Girl, 12, with rare bone marrow failure faces a race to find a donor after Covid caused error

A young girl who had been waiting on a bone marrow transplant was turned away from hospital at the last minute after being told donor was no longer compatible. Libby Cotts, from Essex, was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anaemia in October. The 12-year-old, who has been having weekly blood and platelet transfusions, had been expecting … Read more

How many have to die before Britain tackles its black and Asian organ donor crisis?

Five years ago, Natasha Tiwari bravely spoke out about ‘a culture of mistrust and ignorance’ in her community which, she believed, would condemn her to die.  The talented mixed-race soul singer, who once thrilled the crowds at the Mobo Awards, desperately needed a kidney transplant after the type 1 diabetes she’d had since childhood led to … Read more

Baby with genetic disease undergoes life-saving bone marrow transplant after ‘miracle’ donor found

A baby boy battling a rare and deadly genetic disease has undergone a life-saving bone marrow transplant after a vital miracle donor was found days after his first birthday. Reign Miller-Hardy has hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a condition where his immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs. The one-year-old was diagnosed in August after being rushed to … Read more

Baby with genetic disease undergoes life-saving bone marrow transplant after ‘miracle’ donor found

A baby boy battling a rare and deadly genetic disease has undergone a life-saving bone marrow transplant after a vital miracle donor was found days after his first birthday. Reign Miller-Hardy has hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a condition where his immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs. The one-year-old was diagnosed in August after being rushed to … Read more

Selena Gomez’s kidney donor Francia Raisa reveals she received an apology

Selena Gomez’s kidney donor Francia Raisa reveals Saved By The Bell producers apologized to her over transplant joke By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 23:49 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 23:49 GMT, 29 November 2020 Selena Gomez’s fans were up in arms on social media after the newly rebooted Saved By The Bell featured … Read more

Helicopter carrying donor heart crashes on roof of LA hospital before doctor DROPS rescued organ

Horrifying moment helicopter carrying donor heart crashes on roof of LA hospital – but organ is rescued before being DROPPED by a doctor and transplanted into a patient Helicopter flew from San Diego to Keck Hospital in East Los Angeles on Friday  The medical helicopter was carrying a donor heart that was to be transplanted  … Read more

Helicopter carrying donor heart crashes on roof of LA hospital before doctor DROPS rescued organ

Horrifying moment helicopter carrying donor heart crashes on the roof of Los Angeles hospital, before doctor DROPS rescued organ on the ground – but transplant is still able to go ahead Helicopter flew from San Diego to Keck Hospital in East Los Angeles on Friday  The medical helicopter was carrying a donor heart that was … Read more

GP offered to give desperately ill son half of her OWN liver to save him because of donor shortage

GP reveals how she offered to give her desperately ill baby son half of her own liver to save his life after struggle to find an organ donor – as she urges BAME community not to ‘opt-out’ of register British Women’s Health doctor Dr Nighat Arif appeared on This Morning today to urge more members … Read more

Girl, 8, needs to find new bone marrow donor after only match in the world dropped out

The family of an eight-year-old girl with a life-threatening blood disease are pleading with people to help them find a new donor after the only match in the world dropped out less than a month before before her treatment.  Evie Hodgson, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, has aplastic anaemia – bone marrow failure – and needs a … Read more

Robert Jenrick ‘regrets’ dinner with Tory donor before approving £1billion housing development

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick ‘regrets’ sitting next to Tory donor Richard Desmond at a posh dinner and sending him text messages before approving £1billion housing development and saving him tens of millions of pounds The Housing Secretary said he wished he had not sat with Richard Desmond Weeks later he approved Westferry Printworks before local … Read more