Michael Mitchell – The gift of Life
On this edition of a Living Gift we focus on the story of Michael Mitchell. Michael lives in Strandhill in County Sligo and received a double lung transplant. He faced a race against in order to find a matching donor and was also received a cancer diagnosis…
Longest surviving lung transplant patient from Donegal has died
Ireland’s longest surviving double lung transplant patient who is from Donegal has passed away. Brendan McLaughlin from Stranorlar, had a double lung transplant after nine weeks on a life-support machine. He was originally transplanted in Newcastle, England on the 11th of August, 1992. Mr McLoughlin was born with cystic fibrosis,…