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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 3

Charting the impact of presumed consent on organ donation. Steven's family must make a difficult decision following a devastating diagnosis. Glyn prepares to receive a kidney.

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. On the intensive care ward, 41-year-old Steven's family have to make a difficult decision following a devastating diagnosis. Kim from Pontardawe has cystic fibrosis. After suffering yet another chest infection, will she finally sign up to go on the lung transplant waiting list? Glyn has kidney failure, fortunately his daughter Sarah has come forward to give him the gift of one of her kidneys and emotions run high on transplant day.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Dec 201622:45

Credits

RoleContributor
Camera OperatorCarrie Smith
ProducerCarrie Smith
DirectorCarrie Smith
Series ProducerSamantha Rosie

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Dec 201622:45

The Story Behind ‘The Greatest Gift’

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 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

More organs are being donated and more lives saved

Adults in Wales are regarded as having allowed organ donation unless they have opted out.