The Donor
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| Initial release | 1995 |
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| Directors | Damian Lee |
| Set decoration | Jim Lambie |
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| ID | 1958476 |
About The Donor
Movie.
US veteran gets world's first eye transplant
... During the surgery, doctors injected adult stem cells from The Donor s bone marrow into the optic nerve to encourage its repair...
Law will let young people find sperm donor parents
...By Tink LlewellynPresenter, My Sperm Donor & MePeople born using a sperm or egg donor in the UK, who turn 18 after Sunday, will be able to find out the identity of The Donor because of a change in the law...
Girl receives UK's first rejection-free kidney from mum
... To do that, they used bone-marrow stem cells from The Donor - Aditi s mother...
Norfolk parents hear son's heartbeat three years after his death
... " When Mr Blake died he had not been on The Donor register but his family consented to his organs being used to help others after talking to a specialist nurse...
Dolly the Sheep creator Ian Wilmut dies aged 79
... Professor Wilmut was among the leaders of a team that used a cell from the mammary gland of a dead adult sheep to create a living animal that was genetically identical to The Donor...
Woman 'joyous' after sister donates womb in UK first
... The recipient was a 34-year-old woman, and The Donor her 40-year-old sister, both of whom wish to remain anonymous...
US returns huge haul of stolen artefacts to Italy
... The spokesperson said the museum had been offered the artefacts as a gift, but instead referred The Donor to Italy s culture ministry...
Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding
... " The lie was that the transplant in 2021 was carried out on the understanding that The Donor and recipient were cousins...
Norfolk parents hear son's heartbeat three years after his death
By Andy Trigg & Richard DanielBBC News, Norfolk
The parents of an organ donor have been able to hear their son's heartbeat three years after he died.
The Family of 30-year-old Kitt Blake, from near Norwich, Norfolk, met The Man who received his heart following an organ transplant.
They listened to it beat through a stethoscope when they met Tim Head, 64, near Wymondham.
Mr Blake died in The Spring of 2020, with four of his organs being donated to help others.
" It's given me a little bit of strength, " said Mr Blake's mother, Jane.
" To think Kitt's helped Tim and that his life is so different now to how it was, because he was so poorly, is marvellous. "
Mr Head, from Northamptonshire, received Mr Blake's heart after he was diagnosed with - a disease that weakens The Walls of The Heart , meaning it cannot contract properly.
Before the transplant he had been ill for five years and admitted he had " wanted to die" as he " had no life".
He Said meeting Mr Blake's family was a " very emotional" moment.
" It's a hard thing to take in. I'm looking at them knowing I've got their boy's heart.
" Not A Day goes by where I don't think about what I've been through and how The Other family are coping. "
When Mr Blake died he had not been on The Donor register but His Family consented to his organs being used to help others after talking to a specialist nurse.
According to, 1,643 people in the UK have received a transplant in The Past six months, but 7,219 remain on a waiting list.
Today marks the start of, which hopes to get 25,000 new organ donors.
Natalie Ashley, a specialist organ donation nurse at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital , said: " We really urge people, if they support donation that they register that decision on The Donor register.
" But also, that they speak to their family To Let them know that that would be what they want. "
Last Year 439 patients. A further 732 patients were removed from the transplant list due to deteriorating health.
" I Enjoy Life now, it's fantastic, " Mr Head added.
" I work full-time and I'm just leading a Normal Life now. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
