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A girl whose life was saved by a heart transplant has called for organ donation to be compulsory unless people decide to “opt out”.
Sally Slater was six years old when she was struck down with a mystery virus that destroyed her heart muscle within days.
She survived after the donation of a heart from the family of a 48-year-old woman who had lost her life just as Sally’s parents appealed for a donor.
Yesterday, as the teenager celebrated 10 years since the transplant operation, she called for a new scheme where organs were automatically made available upon death.
The law currently requires people to join the NHS’s Organ Donor Register.
“My life was saved because someone was kind enough to register,” she said. “But there are many, many more people whose lives could also be saved if more people registered.
“I know this is hard for many families and the scheme would need carefully thinking through to avoid potential problems, but people have to consider how they would feel if it was their son or daughter, mother or father who desperately needed a transplant.”
Sally’s father Jon, 46, a financial planner, supported her comments…..Continue reading
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