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Charting the impact of presumed consent on organ donation. Karen must share her father's end-of-life wishes with a medical team. Robin finally has a kidney transplant.
With presumed consent now law, everyone in Wales is a potential organ donor when they die, unless they opt out. This three-part series documents a year since the legislation change, with unprecedented access to donor families, and the patients waiting for life-saving transplants at the University Hospital of Wales. Bill has been admitted to intensive care following a devastating stroke. His daughter Karen is asked to share his end-of-life wishes with the medical team. Thirty-two-year-old Kimberley from Bargoed has cystic fibrosis, she's been given months to live unless she gets the gift of a double lung transplant. Robin's finally off to theatre after waiting three years for his kidney transplant.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Camera Operator | Carrie Smith |
Producer | Carrie Smith |
Director | Carrie Smith |
Series Producer | Samantha Rosie |
Broadcast
- Tue 6 Dec 2016 22:40Â鶹Éç One Wales & Wales HD only
The Story Behind ‘The Greatest Gift’
Producer Carrie Smith on seeing first-hand the process of organ donation.
Kimberley Chard's thank you for a 'selfless gift'
Kimberley wrote a thank you letter after receiving the gift of a double-lung transplant.
More organs are being donated and more lives saved
Adults in Wales are regarded as having allowed organ donation unless they have opted out.