Music to your ears? This £500k home looks like an ordinary Bristol terrace from the outside, but has a cathedral organ built IN the walls A terrace house in Bristol has a cathedral organ built into its walls The four-bedroom property has been for sale with an asking price of £500,000 The house has been … Read more
Music to your ears? This £500k home looks like an ordinary Bristol terrace from the outside, but has a cathedral organ built IN the walls A terrace house in Bristol has a cathedral organ built into its walls The four-bedroom property has been for sale with an asking price of £500,000 The house has been … Read more
Younger ‘long Covid’ victims suffer multiple organ damage: Health issues can linger for up to four months after coronavirus infection even for those at low-risk from the illness, study shows Study of patients with ‘long Covid’ shows almost 70% have damage to an organ More than 60,000 Britons are thought to be affected by long-lasting … Read more
Together against all odds: Charity campaigner and son, three, have survived life-saving organ transplants – while the mother has also battled against lymphoma cancer Mother Alexe Deane survived a heart transplant and also battled against cancer Her son Khari had to have his gall bladder removed and have a liver transplant Miss Deane, 27, has … Read more
Flanked by two nurses in uniform, and still in his backless NHS hospital gown, my 66-year-old father, Don, takes a few tentative steps. He pauses, steadying himself, using his IV drip stand for balance, and then takes a few more – slightly more assured – paces. There are tears in my eyes. My big, strong dad, … Read more
New law that comes into effect TODAY means every adult is now an organ donor… unless they opt out Experts believe the method will lead to 700 more transplants each year by 2023 It is known as ‘Max and Keira’s law’ after Keira Ball’s death saved Max Johnson However ministers admit system could be delayed due … Read more
Grayson Heinle, from Jensen Beach, Florida, was born happy and healthy, and was hitting all his developmental milestones on time for the first several years of his life. But things suddenly took a turn for the worse when, earlier this year, he fell over on the couch and went to sleep, and his mother couldn’t … Read more
Hundreds of gravely ill Britons waiting for organ transplants fear they could die in self-isolation because procedures have largely been stopped because of coronavirus. Hospitals have started suspending the life-saving surgery in a desperate attempt to free up beds with operations down from around 80-a-week to less than ten. Health bosses have warned … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Every organ donor is being tested for coronavirus as NHS rejects transplants from infected patients to minimise risk to recipients Organ donations have been halted if donors test positive for coronavirus Transplant surgery has been minimised as hospitals deal with the outbreak All donors are tested for coronavirus before a transplant is made Blood donors … Read more