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Advocating for Organ Donation with Donor Family Member: Karen

36m · Transplant Chats With Eliza · 20 Sep 01:00

In the episode of the ‘Organ Donation Week’ special, we talk to the wonderful Karen who is a proud organ donation advocate.

Karen lost her husband Mark after a sudden death in 2018. At one of the most difficult moments in her life, Karen selflessly said yes to donating her husbands’ organs.

Since then, Karen has been using her experiences in a positive way to help NHS BT and ‘The Donor Family Network’ to support others.

We will be chatting about all of the above as well as Karen’s views of receiving letters from recipients who received Mark’s organs.

Created by Eliza Bell (@transplantchatswitheliza)

Produced by Billy Tucker ( @billytucker_soundengineer) and Toby Bernard

Interviewee: Karen Piotr (Donor Family Member)

LINKS:

https://www.donorfamilynetwork.co.uk/

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/organ-transplantation/resources/writing-to-a-donor-family-or-recipient/

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/helping-you-to-decide/real-life-stories/families-who-donated-their-loved-ones-organs-andor-tissue/karen-and-mark-s-story/

To find out more about the ‘Leave Them Certain’ and to make your organ donation wishes known go to www.organdonation.nhs.uk .

The episode Advocating for Organ Donation with Donor Family Member: Karen from the podcast Transplant Chats With Eliza has a duration of 36:46. It was first published 20 Sep 01:00. The cover art and the content belong to their respective owners.

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