THE parents of Oisin McGrath, the 13-year old St Michael’s College student, from Belcoo, who died as a result of a playground incident in the school in February this year have thrown their weight behind organ donation. Nigel and Sharon McGrath donated their son’s heart to save the life of a little girl. This week […]
Giving the gift of life
ONE organ donor can save as many as seven lives and local people are being encouraged to say yes to donation. In recent months the issue of organ donation has come to the fore, with a number of local families taking the decision to donate their loved one’s organs – often in very tragic circumstances. […]
Campaign to encourage more of us to sign up as organ donors
Almost 20,000 people in Fermanagh are on the organ donor register, but with three people dying every day in need of a lifesaving transplant there is an urgent need for more.