Showing posts with label Kidney Diseases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kidney Diseases. Show all posts

Kidney donor is happy to be the ’spare part’ twin brother - Liverpool Echo 24th November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A DAD-OF-ONE is donating one of his kidneys to save his twin brother’s life.

Printer Roy Carroll, 40, of Walton, who was born with only one kidney and one lung was told he had kidney failure four and a half years ago.

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tags: Health, News, Kidney Diseases, Transplantation Services, CMHN, Liverpool Echo

Brother and sister make final preparations for kidney swap - Carlisle News & Star 24th November 2008

A Carlisle man will be given the ultimate gift from his sister this week – a kidney which could save his life.

Ian Morrison, 62, of Upperby and his sister Fiona Wood of Pennsylvania, USA, will undergo tandem operations in Newcastle on Wednesday. Ian and Fiona are preparing for the surgery.

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tags: Carlisle News & Star, CLHN, Kidney Diseases, Transplantation Services