Sixth kidney transplant was icing on the cake for family celebrating nurse s wedding
The wedding took place three days after Ms Downes uncle, Brendan McCarthy, underwent a successful kidney transplant in Sweden from a deceased donor.
Anna Downes, the recipient of a kidney donation, and her newly married daughter Fiona.
Mon, 05 Apr, 2021 - 16:54
Ciarán Sunderland
A family gifted six kidneys by organ donors through the years have celebrated another successful transplant and the wedding of Fiona Downes during Organ Donor Awareness Week 2021.
Ms Downes, a clinical nurse specialist in the Transplant Unit at Beaumont Hospital, enjoyed her special day joined by her father, Noel Downes, and her mother, Anne, who underwent a kidney transplant five years ago.
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PNG welcomes Australia s promise of 8,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses as infections increase at alarming rate
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PNG s health workers are rapidly becoming infected, obstetrician Glen Mola says.
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One of Papua New Guinea s leading doctors says Australia s promise to share COVID-19 vaccine doses is of vital importance.
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A leading PNG doctor says the vaccines are desperately needed
Misinformation about coronavirus is a problem in PNG We desperately need the vaccine because our health workers are being infected at an alarming rate, Glen Mola told 7.30.
In hotel quarantine in Cairns, the 74-year-old obstetrician is hoping to get vaccinated in Australia before returning to work in Port Moresby.