Teenager given kidney by his mother helps surgeons reach transplant milestone
A 15-year-old boy has become the 100th child in Scotland to receive a kidney from a living donor.
Organ donation
NHS milestone reached for 1,000th living kidney transplant
The 1,000th transplant involving living kidney swap donors will take place this week.
NHS milestone reached for 1,000th living kidney transplant
The 1,000th transplant involving living kidney swap donors will take place this week.
More child organ donors are ‘desperately needed’
Parents are being urged to consider organ donation when their child dies as new figures show the number donating has not changed in years.
Total of 265 Scots died in last decade waiting for new kidney
A total of 265 Scots have died while on the waiting list for a new kidney over the last decade, figures have revealed.
Opt-out organ donation gets Scottish Parliament support
Opt-out organ donation has been supported by the Scottish Parliament in an attempt to increase the number of potential life-saving donors.
MSPs to discuss presumed consent for organ donation
MSPs are to be asked to agree the general principles of a bill which presumes consent for organ donation.
Ethical concerns raised over move to presumed consent for organ donation
Proposed new legislation to help boost organ donation is ethically unacceptable and risks reducing the number of transplants that can take place, MSPs have been warned.
Presumed consent for organ donation backed by MSPs
MSPs have backed proposals which would see Scotland move to a system of presuming consent for organ donations.
Organ donation hits record high in Scotland but 550 are still on waiting list for transplant ops
MORE than half of Scots are now signed up as organ donors – a record high.
Investigation: Transplants should have given patients a new lease of life but, instead, donor’s organs give them deadly cancer
THE doctor was sitting on the edge of transplant patient Pauline Hunt’s hospital bed, his head in his hands.