13-year-old Girl’s donated organs help a record eight people

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Sep 15, 2017

NHS and Blood and Transplant has identified the donor who saved or transformed the most lives ever through organ donation. Jemima Layzell, who died aged 13 of a brain aneurysm, is the only recorded donor in the UK whose organs were transplanted into eight different people.

 

Jemima Layzell whose transplanted organs saved or transformed the lives of more people than any other single donor in the UK. Jemima was “lovely – clever, funny, compassionate and creative”, said her mother, Sophy Layzell, 43, a drama teacher from Horton in Somerset.

Jemima Layzell whose transplanted organs saved or transformed the lives of more people than any other single donor in the UK (Photo: Profimedia)

NHS and Blood and Transplant has identified the donor who saved or transformed the most lives ever through organ donation. Jemima Layzell, who died aged 13 of a brain aneurysm, is the only recorded donor in the UK whose organs were transplanted into eight different people. The eight recipients included five children, who came from all over England.

Her parents found the decision hard, but are glad they made it. Jemima’s heart, small bowel, and pancreas were transplanted into three people. Two people received her kidneys. Her liver was split and transplanted into another two people, while her lungs were transplanted into one patient.

Her unique status has only just been recognised after NHS Blood and Transplant checked historical donor records for Organ Donation Week 2017 (Photo: Profimedia)

Jemima, from Horton in Somerset, a pupil at Taunton School, died in March 2012 at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Her unique status has only just been recognised after NHS Blood and Transplant checked historical donor records for Organ Donation Week 2017.

Her parents want other families to consider organ donation!

NHS and Blood and Transplant has identified the donor who saved or transformed the most lives ever through organ donation. Jemima Layzell, who died aged 13 of a brain aneurysm, is the only recorded donor in the UK whose organs were transplanted into eight different people. (Photo: Profimedia)

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