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     • In 1985, the BBC consumer programme That’s Life!, presented by Esther Rantzen, appealed for a donor liver for the sick child Benjamin Hardwick.
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   When did organ donation become popular?

   • As organ donation bec ame more common from the 1980s and 1990s, newspapers and factual television programmes paid attention. In 1985, the BBC consumer programme That’s Life!, presented by Esther Rantzen, appealed for a donor liver for the sick child Benjamin Hardwick. A liver was donated, and Ben became the youngest liver transplant patient.

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   When did organ transplants start?

   • Liver, heart and pancreas transplants were successfully performed by the late 1960s, while lung and intestinal organ transplant procedures were begun in the 1980s. From the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, individual transplant hospitals and organ procurement organizations managed all aspects of organ recovery and transplantation.

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   Will you donate to mark 30 years of the organ donor register?

   • They are urging people to confirm their decision to donate to mark 30 years of the Organ Donor Register, ahead of an evensong event at Gloucester Cathedral. “We were asked us whether the family were all in hospital," Mr Fry said.

   Organ donor gave veteran a 'reason to live'

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   When did kidney transplants start?

   • In 1954, the kidney was the first human organ to be transplanted successfully. Until the early 1980s, the potential of organ rejection limited the number of transplants performed. Medical advances in the prevention and treatment of rejection led to more successful transplants and an increase in demand.

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3. www.bbc.com › news › articlesOrgan Donation Week: Donor gave veteran a 'reason to live' - BBC

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   Sep 25, 2024 · Mikal Ludlow. Adrienne Fry's husband and daughter said an anonymous veteran reached out to them after she died and donated her organs. The family of a woman who gave an anonymous veteran a ...

4. www.bbc.co.uk › newsround › 58625811Organ Donation Week: What's it all about? - BBC Newsround

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   Sep 28, 2022 · Organ Donation Week takes place between 26 September - 1 October 2022. NHS Blood and Transplant, which oversees blood, organ, tissue and stem cell donations across the UK, is encouraging...

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › topicsOrgan donation - BBC News

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   Hospital urges people to confirm organ donation wishes. England. 4 days ago4d. 'Give children a second chance like I had'. Health. 4 days ago4d. 'Part of him lives on', says organ donor's...

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   In 1985, the BBC consumer programme That’s Life!, presented by Esther Rantzen, appealed for a donor liver for the sick child Benjamin Hardwick. A liver was donated, and Ben became the youngest liver transplant patient.

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9. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p0jsnllvNHS organ donation at 30: 'It gave me my life back' - BBC

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   Sep 25, 2024 · Thirty years ago - the NHS organ donor register was created. Graeme Appleby from Widdrington in Northumberland was one of the first to receive a transplant, thanks to the register.

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