Tipperary Boy Joins Temple Street Children’s University Hospital Celebrations
At a special event in Croke Park last Saturday, 250 children and their families gathered to mark 10 years of kidney transplantation at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. Pictured enjoying the celebrations are Andrew Duncan accompanied by his family from Co. Tipperary. Andrew, aged 15, is one of 80 recipients to have received a transplant at Temple Street since 2003. Of the children to receive a transplant, 22 were from a living donor (a parent or close relative) and 58 from a deceased donor (when the kidney is retrieved from someone who has died but who carried a donor card.) Over the ten years, the youngest recipient of a new kidney was two years of age and the oldest was 17 years.
To make a real and lasting difference to children who attend the Renal Transplant and Haemodialysis Unit at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, you can donate by visiting www.templestreet.ie or calling +353 1 878 4344
You can request a donor card from the Irish Kidney Association in one of the following ways;
- · Email: donor@ika.ie
- · Freetext DONOR to 50050
- · Lo call 1890 543 639
- · By post to: Freepost, Donor House, Irish Kidney Association, Park West, Dublin 12
- · Alternatively you can collect a donor card at your local pharmacy
- · You can also sign the back of your driving licence to indicate your wishes.
- · You can download the Organ Donor Ecard from the App. Store or the Google Play Store.
