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IT WAS a sunny walk in the park for hundreds of families, friends and children who turned up to lend their support to one of Cardiff’s biggest fundraising events.
Olympic swimming hero David Davies and Commonwealth boxing champion Nathan Cleverley yesterday joined the Kidney Wales Foundation’s Walk for Life.
The 1.9-mile walk will this year help children who have kidney disease and kidney failure.
The event, which hopes to raise £80,000, was started with kidney patients by Tory leader David Cameron, who was in the city for the Welsh Conservatives’ party conference.
Robert Day, from Caerphilly, whose six-year-old daughter Ella has undergone a kidney transplant, said: “Ella and the rest of the children had a really good time – we loved the face painting and the walk around Bute Park. It was great to meet all the celebrities like Nathan Cleverley and David Davies – they were really good with the children and made the event a special day.”
And Sarra Elgan, a Kidney Wales Foundation ambassador, said: “It was great to see so many people attend such a worthwhile event. It was particularly lovely to meet all the children from the children’s kidney unit at the University Hospital of Wales – this is what the walk was all about, to help these children and give them a better quality of life.”
The 1.9-mile route looped through city parkland before ending with a celebration lap of the Cardiff Arms Park.
Roy J Thomas, chairman of the Kidney Wales Foundation, said: “Once again we are grateful to everyone who came to show their support for the children affected by kidney failure and disease. There was a fantastic turnout and, this year, we hope to raise more than £80,000 to fund projects to help these children.”
And Nathan Cleverley, Commonwealth light-heavyweight boxing champion, said: “It is very important to raise awareness about kidney disease and I was glad that I was able to do my bit by taking part in this very enjoyable event.”
Among the projects to benefit from the Walk for Life money, will be the complete refurbishment of the children’s kidney unit in Cardiff, which cares for children from across Wales.
Monday 30 March 2009
Sunday 29 March 2009
Send us your Walk for Life pictures (From South Wales Argus)
Send us your Walk for Life pictures (From South Wales Argus)
ARE you doing the Walk for Life this weekend? There are nine walks taking place across Gwent in aid of the Kidney Wales Foundation and we want to see your pictures of the big day, so wherever you are walking, send them in.
Click the link below to e-mail us, or send them via mobile on 80360 with the message ARGUS NEWS. To speak to a reporter, call newsdesk on 01633 777226.
ARE you doing the Walk for Life this weekend? There are nine walks taking place across Gwent in aid of the Kidney Wales Foundation and we want to see your pictures of the big day, so wherever you are walking, send them in.
Click the link below to e-mail us, or send them via mobile on 80360 with the message ARGUS NEWS. To speak to a reporter, call newsdesk on 01633 777226.
Health News - Olympic medallist David Davies ,David Cameron and Sarra Elgan join Kidney Wales Foundation’s Walk for Life 2009
WalesOnline - News - Health News - Olympic medallist David Davies, David Cameron and Sarra Elgan join Kidney Wales Foundation’s Walk for Life 2009
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Davies took part in one of Wales’ biggest fundraising events today with Opposition Leader David Cameron and Sarra Elgan who was with husband Simon Easterby.
58 Walks took place across Wales.
The OLYMPIC silver medallist swimmer was among hundreds of people raising funds for children with kidney problems in Cardiff.
The Rt Hon. David Cameron chatted to the children from the Children's Kidney Unit.
The event, which started at the Welsh Institute of Sport, in Sophia Gardens included a lap of Cardiff Arms Park.
The 1.9 mile walk, sponsored by Specsavers,raised vital funds to help transform the lives of children with kidney disease and kidney failure. The money raised will also refurbish the children’s kidney unit at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff.
Davies, Kidney Wales Foundation’s newest supporter, who won silver in the 10K open swim at the Beijing Olympics, said: “The chance to help change the lives of children with kidney failure and walk around the Arms Park with hundreds of supporters was great fun and you did not need an Olympic medal to take part.”
The charity is hoping to raise £100,000 to fund a number of projects across Wales.
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Davies took part in one of Wales’ biggest fundraising events today with Opposition Leader David Cameron and Sarra Elgan who was with husband Simon Easterby.
58 Walks took place across Wales.
The OLYMPIC silver medallist swimmer was among hundreds of people raising funds for children with kidney problems in Cardiff.
The Rt Hon. David Cameron chatted to the children from the Children's Kidney Unit.
The event, which started at the Welsh Institute of Sport, in Sophia Gardens included a lap of Cardiff Arms Park.
The 1.9 mile walk, sponsored by Specsavers,raised vital funds to help transform the lives of children with kidney disease and kidney failure. The money raised will also refurbish the children’s kidney unit at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff.
Davies, Kidney Wales Foundation’s newest supporter, who won silver in the 10K open swim at the Beijing Olympics, said: “The chance to help change the lives of children with kidney failure and walk around the Arms Park with hundreds of supporters was great fun and you did not need an Olympic medal to take part.”
The charity is hoping to raise £100,000 to fund a number of projects across Wales.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
News - You survive on dialysis but after a transplant you live, says Janet
WalesOnline - News - Health News - You survive on dialysis but after a transplant you live, says Janet
A hard-hitting television advert which depicts the life-or-death race hundreds of people in Wales face to find an organ donor was broadcast last week. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley spoke to two women about their experiences of organ donation as the Save Sian campaign was launched
JANET EVANS started making up for lost time on November 25, 2007 – the date she received her second kidney transplant after spending the best part of a decade on dialysis.
Her first transplant, which followed two-and-a-half years of dialysis failed within eight months, forcing her onto the gruelling regime of haemodialysis for a further five years.
The 51-year-old is conscious that she hasn’t climbed a mountain or done anything “spectacular” after undergoing the transplant, but the new kidney has allowed her to restart her life and focus on caring for her family.
A hard-hitting television advert which depicts the life-or-death race hundreds of people in Wales face to find an organ donor was broadcast last week. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley spoke to two women about their experiences of organ donation as the Save Sian campaign was launched
JANET EVANS started making up for lost time on November 25, 2007 – the date she received her second kidney transplant after spending the best part of a decade on dialysis.
Her first transplant, which followed two-and-a-half years of dialysis failed within eight months, forcing her onto the gruelling regime of haemodialysis for a further five years.
The 51-year-old is conscious that she hasn’t climbed a mountain or done anything “spectacular” after undergoing the transplant, but the new kidney has allowed her to restart her life and focus on caring for her family.
Sunday 15 March 2009
County residents urged to become organ donors (From Tivyside Advertiser)
County residents urged to become organ donors (From Tivyside Advertiser)
County residents urged to become organ donors
Local politicians have marked World Kidney Day by pledging their support to the Donate Wales Campaign. Adam Price MP and Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM have given their support to the donation drive which has been funded to the tune of £70,000 by the One Wales Government. The campaign carries a hard hitting message designed to encourage more people to register as organ donors.
Adam Price MP said: "There are hundreds of people in Wales in need of a transparent. Many people in Carmarthenshire are suffering as a result of a lack of donors. World Kidney Day is the ideal time to think about registering to be a donor and giving the gift of life to someone."
Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM added: "Figures show 90% of people in Wales support organ donation yet only 27% are actually registered donors. The donate Wales campaign backed by the One Wales Government has had a very positive impact but more still needs to be done. We are urging people throughout the county to take that step and become a registered donor."
County residents urged to become organ donors
Local politicians have marked World Kidney Day by pledging their support to the Donate Wales Campaign. Adam Price MP and Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM have given their support to the donation drive which has been funded to the tune of £70,000 by the One Wales Government. The campaign carries a hard hitting message designed to encourage more people to register as organ donors.
Adam Price MP said: "There are hundreds of people in Wales in need of a transparent. Many people in Carmarthenshire are suffering as a result of a lack of donors. World Kidney Day is the ideal time to think about registering to be a donor and giving the gift of life to someone."
Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM added: "Figures show 90% of people in Wales support organ donation yet only 27% are actually registered donors. The donate Wales campaign backed by the One Wales Government has had a very positive impact but more still needs to be done. We are urging people throughout the county to take that step and become a registered donor."
Friday 13 March 2009
Barry mum's fundraising appeal (From Barry And District News)
Barry mum's fundraising appeal (From Barry And District News)
Barry mum's fundraising appeal and register as a donor plea
By Elinor Cross
A BARRY mum who allowed the donation of organs and tissue from her late son and husband, is gearing up for two events this month – to raise money for Kidney Wales.
After the death of their son Richard in 2004 in a skateboarding accident, Gaynor Taylor and her late husband John were told that he carried an organ donor card – which, they said, took the pressure off making the decision of whether or not to donate his organs.
Since then Gaynor has supported Kidney Wales through fundraising walks, as the charity played a big part in setting up the Organ Donor Card.
Gaynor said: "The important thing is that more people sign the register.
"We had no idea Richard carried a card, but it was a comfort for us because we were following his wishes after he died.
"It is a lot easier when a decision has been made. We were asked out of courtesy, but really he had made the decision. That is why we are raising money – it makes such a big difference."
Barry mum's fundraising appeal and register as a donor plea
By Elinor Cross
A BARRY mum who allowed the donation of organs and tissue from her late son and husband, is gearing up for two events this month – to raise money for Kidney Wales.
After the death of their son Richard in 2004 in a skateboarding accident, Gaynor Taylor and her late husband John were told that he carried an organ donor card – which, they said, took the pressure off making the decision of whether or not to donate his organs.
Since then Gaynor has supported Kidney Wales through fundraising walks, as the charity played a big part in setting up the Organ Donor Card.
Gaynor said: "The important thing is that more people sign the register.
"We had no idea Richard carried a card, but it was a comfort for us because we were following his wishes after he died.
"It is a lot easier when a decision has been made. We were asked out of courtesy, but really he had made the decision. That is why we are raising money – it makes such a big difference."
Thursday 12 March 2009
HARD-HITTING TELEVISION COMMERCIAL AIMS TO END ORGAN DONOR CRISIS IN WALES
HARD-HITTING TELEVISION COMMERCIAL AIMS TO END ORGAN DONOR CRISIS IN WALES
A hard-hitting television commercial graphically depicting a young child on dialysis waiting for a kidney transplant will be premiered on Welsh TV screens tonight (Thursday, March 12) urging viewers to join the Organ Donor Register.
The Save Sian Campaign has been launched on World Kidney Day as part of the Kidney Wales Foundation’s Donate Wales – Tell a Loved One organ donation drive. It has been funded by a £70,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly Government as well as additional funding from Kidney Wales.
The advert, which can only be screened after 7.30pm because of its content, centres on a six-year-old girl waiting for a kidney transplant and highlights how, because of the desperate shortage of donors in Wales, Sian faces an agonising wait before getting that second chance a transplant would give her.
It urges viewers to Help Save Sian – played by a child actress – by joining the Register and explains how it takes just two minutes to sign-up. In the closing scene Sian pleads with viewers: “Don’t let me die.” The advert will run (on ITV & S4C) until March 28.
Edwina Hart, Minister for Health and Social Services, said: “Currently, nearly 500 people in Wales are listed for a transplant – the majority waiting for a new kidney. Yet because of the organ donor crisis, statistically one person dies every 11 days waiting for a transplant in the principality – the equivalent of more than 150 people in the last five years.
“We are jointly funding this Campaign and are committed to improved services as well as encouraging more of us to join the Organ Donation Register. It is the responsibility of all of us to support the Campaign.”
Roy J. Thomas, Chairman of the Kidney Wales Foundation, said: “We are in the grips of an organ donor crisis in Wales and the urgency upon more people joining the Organ Donor Register has never been greater. In Scotland 32% of people have joined the Register, yet in Wales just 27% have made that life-saving pledge.
“This isn’t because people don’t want to help; we know 90% of people in Wales support organ donation. It is because not enough have acted on their good intentions and signed-up.
“The brutal reality is that people in Wales are dying as a result and unless more people take that all important vital step of signing-up and telling their loved ones about their wishes then more and more people will needlessly die waiting for a transplant.”
The Donate Wales campaign was launched by Kidney Wales last May and since then more than 34,000 people have joined the Organ Donor Register.
To join the Organ Donor Register call 0845 60 60 400, text GIVE to 64118 or visit donatewales.org.
Bydd hysbyseb deledu rymus sy’n rhoi darlun graffig o blentyn ifanc ar ddialysis yn aros am drawsblaniad aren yn cael ei dangos am y tro cyntaf ar sgriniau teledu yng Nghymru heno (dydd Iau, 12 Mawrth) yn annog gwylwyr i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau.
Lansiwyd Ymgyrch Achub Siân ar Ddiwrnod yr Aren fel rhan o ymgyrch Sefydliad Aren Cymru ar gyfer cyfrannu organau, Rhodd Cymru – Dywed wrth Rywun Agos. Mae wedi cael ei hariannu gan grant £70,000 gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn ogystal â chyllid ychwanegol gan Sefydliad Aren Cymru.
Mae’r hysbyseb, y gellir ond ei gweld ar y teledu ar ôl 7.30pm oherwydd ei chynnwys, yn canolbwyntio ar ferch chwech oed sy’n aros am drawsblaniad aren, ac mae’n amlygu’r modd y mae Siân, oherwydd prinder difrifol o roddwyr yng Nghymru, yn wynebu arhosiad ingol cyn cael yr ail gyfle hwnnw y byddai trawsblaniad yn ei roi iddi.
Mae’n annog gwylwyr i Helpu Achub Siân – sy’n cael ei hactio gan blentyn – trwy ymuno â’r Gofrestr ac yn esbonio’r ffaith mai dim ond dwy funud y mae’n cymryd i ymuno. Yn yr olygfa derfynol, mae Siân yn pledio â’r gwylwyr: “Peidiwch â gadael i mi farw.” Bydd yr hysbyseb yn cael ei dangos (ar ITV ac S4C) tan 28 Mawrth.
Dywedodd Edwina Hart, y Gweinidog dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol: “Ar hyn o bryd, mae bron i 500 o bobl yng Nghymru wedi’u rhestru ar gyfer cael trawsblaniad – a’r mwyafrif yn aros am aren newydd. Ond eto, oherwydd yr argyfwng gyda rhoddwyr organau, yn ystadegol mae un person yn marw bob 11 diwrnod yn aros am drawsblaniad – mae hyn gyfwerth â thros 150 o bobl yn y pum mlynedd diwethaf.
“Rydym ni’n ariannu’r Ymgyrch hon ar y cyd ac wedi ymrwymo i wasanaethau gwell yn ogystal ag annog mwy ohonom ni i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau. Cyfrifoldeb pob un ohonom ni yw cefnogi’r Ymgyrch.”
Dywedodd Roy J. Thomas, Cadeirydd Sefydliad Aren Cymru: “Rydym ni’n wynebu argyfwng o ran rhoi organau yng Nghymru, a dydy’r brys i gael mwy o bobl i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau erioed wedi bod yn fwy. Yn yr Alban, mae 32% o bobl wedi ymuno â’r Gofrestr, ond eto yng Nghymru, dim ond 27% sydd wedi gwneud yr adduned honno i achub bywyd.
“Dydy hyn ddim oherwydd nad yw pobl eisiau helpu; rydym ni’n gwybod bod 90% o bobl yng Nghymru yn cefnogi rhoi organau. Mae hyn oherwydd nad oes digon o bobl wedi gweithredu eu bwriadau da ac ymuno.
“Y gwirionedd creulon yw bod pobl yng Nghymru yn marw o ganlyniad ac oni bai bod mwy o bobl yn cymryd y cam holl bwysig hwnnw o ymuno a dweud wrth y rhai maen nhw’n eu caru am eu dymuniadau, yna bydd mwy a mwy o bobl yn marw’n ddiangen wrth aros am drawsblaniad.”
For more information or case studies contact Noel Davies, Head of Development, Communications and Events, on 029 2034 3940.
Notes to editors
1. Currently 494 people in Wales are listed for a transplant. This breaksdown to: 443 waiting for a kidney; three for a pancreas; 18 for a kidney/pancreas; five for a heart; 14 for lungs; and 11 for a liver.
2. In the last five years 768 peoples’ lives in Wales have been transformed by the gift of a donor through an organ donor transplant. A further 584 have been given the gift of sight by either a cornea or sclera transplant.
3. Around 10,000 people in Wales are now suffering from some form of chronic kidney disease.
4. With Kidney Wales’ support, the Welsh Assembly Government is steering forward improvements to renal care in Wales including the new renal dialysis unit at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.
5. A kidney transplant remains the best long-term hope for those suffering with kidney failure. The long-term survival of a kidney transplant continues to improve with 92% of kidney grafts from cadaveric donors and 95% of those from living donors still functioning one-year after transplant.
6. The Kidney Wales Foundation is one of Wales’ oldest and biggest charities. In the 1970s it launched the Kidney Donor Card and a decade established Lifeline Wales – the precursor to today’s Organ Donor Register.
A hard-hitting television commercial graphically depicting a young child on dialysis waiting for a kidney transplant will be premiered on Welsh TV screens tonight (Thursday, March 12) urging viewers to join the Organ Donor Register.
The Save Sian Campaign has been launched on World Kidney Day as part of the Kidney Wales Foundation’s Donate Wales – Tell a Loved One organ donation drive. It has been funded by a £70,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly Government as well as additional funding from Kidney Wales.
The advert, which can only be screened after 7.30pm because of its content, centres on a six-year-old girl waiting for a kidney transplant and highlights how, because of the desperate shortage of donors in Wales, Sian faces an agonising wait before getting that second chance a transplant would give her.
It urges viewers to Help Save Sian – played by a child actress – by joining the Register and explains how it takes just two minutes to sign-up. In the closing scene Sian pleads with viewers: “Don’t let me die.” The advert will run (on ITV & S4C) until March 28.
Edwina Hart, Minister for Health and Social Services, said: “Currently, nearly 500 people in Wales are listed for a transplant – the majority waiting for a new kidney. Yet because of the organ donor crisis, statistically one person dies every 11 days waiting for a transplant in the principality – the equivalent of more than 150 people in the last five years.
“We are jointly funding this Campaign and are committed to improved services as well as encouraging more of us to join the Organ Donation Register. It is the responsibility of all of us to support the Campaign.”
Roy J. Thomas, Chairman of the Kidney Wales Foundation, said: “We are in the grips of an organ donor crisis in Wales and the urgency upon more people joining the Organ Donor Register has never been greater. In Scotland 32% of people have joined the Register, yet in Wales just 27% have made that life-saving pledge.
“This isn’t because people don’t want to help; we know 90% of people in Wales support organ donation. It is because not enough have acted on their good intentions and signed-up.
“The brutal reality is that people in Wales are dying as a result and unless more people take that all important vital step of signing-up and telling their loved ones about their wishes then more and more people will needlessly die waiting for a transplant.”
The Donate Wales campaign was launched by Kidney Wales last May and since then more than 34,000 people have joined the Organ Donor Register.
To join the Organ Donor Register call 0845 60 60 400, text GIVE to 64118 or visit donatewales.org.
Bydd hysbyseb deledu rymus sy’n rhoi darlun graffig o blentyn ifanc ar ddialysis yn aros am drawsblaniad aren yn cael ei dangos am y tro cyntaf ar sgriniau teledu yng Nghymru heno (dydd Iau, 12 Mawrth) yn annog gwylwyr i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau.
Lansiwyd Ymgyrch Achub Siân ar Ddiwrnod yr Aren fel rhan o ymgyrch Sefydliad Aren Cymru ar gyfer cyfrannu organau, Rhodd Cymru – Dywed wrth Rywun Agos. Mae wedi cael ei hariannu gan grant £70,000 gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn ogystal â chyllid ychwanegol gan Sefydliad Aren Cymru.
Mae’r hysbyseb, y gellir ond ei gweld ar y teledu ar ôl 7.30pm oherwydd ei chynnwys, yn canolbwyntio ar ferch chwech oed sy’n aros am drawsblaniad aren, ac mae’n amlygu’r modd y mae Siân, oherwydd prinder difrifol o roddwyr yng Nghymru, yn wynebu arhosiad ingol cyn cael yr ail gyfle hwnnw y byddai trawsblaniad yn ei roi iddi.
Mae’n annog gwylwyr i Helpu Achub Siân – sy’n cael ei hactio gan blentyn – trwy ymuno â’r Gofrestr ac yn esbonio’r ffaith mai dim ond dwy funud y mae’n cymryd i ymuno. Yn yr olygfa derfynol, mae Siân yn pledio â’r gwylwyr: “Peidiwch â gadael i mi farw.” Bydd yr hysbyseb yn cael ei dangos (ar ITV ac S4C) tan 28 Mawrth.
Dywedodd Edwina Hart, y Gweinidog dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol: “Ar hyn o bryd, mae bron i 500 o bobl yng Nghymru wedi’u rhestru ar gyfer cael trawsblaniad – a’r mwyafrif yn aros am aren newydd. Ond eto, oherwydd yr argyfwng gyda rhoddwyr organau, yn ystadegol mae un person yn marw bob 11 diwrnod yn aros am drawsblaniad – mae hyn gyfwerth â thros 150 o bobl yn y pum mlynedd diwethaf.
“Rydym ni’n ariannu’r Ymgyrch hon ar y cyd ac wedi ymrwymo i wasanaethau gwell yn ogystal ag annog mwy ohonom ni i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau. Cyfrifoldeb pob un ohonom ni yw cefnogi’r Ymgyrch.”
Dywedodd Roy J. Thomas, Cadeirydd Sefydliad Aren Cymru: “Rydym ni’n wynebu argyfwng o ran rhoi organau yng Nghymru, a dydy’r brys i gael mwy o bobl i ymuno â’r Gofrestr Rhoddwyr Organau erioed wedi bod yn fwy. Yn yr Alban, mae 32% o bobl wedi ymuno â’r Gofrestr, ond eto yng Nghymru, dim ond 27% sydd wedi gwneud yr adduned honno i achub bywyd.
“Dydy hyn ddim oherwydd nad yw pobl eisiau helpu; rydym ni’n gwybod bod 90% o bobl yng Nghymru yn cefnogi rhoi organau. Mae hyn oherwydd nad oes digon o bobl wedi gweithredu eu bwriadau da ac ymuno.
“Y gwirionedd creulon yw bod pobl yng Nghymru yn marw o ganlyniad ac oni bai bod mwy o bobl yn cymryd y cam holl bwysig hwnnw o ymuno a dweud wrth y rhai maen nhw’n eu caru am eu dymuniadau, yna bydd mwy a mwy o bobl yn marw’n ddiangen wrth aros am drawsblaniad.”
For more information or case studies contact Noel Davies, Head of Development, Communications and Events, on 029 2034 3940.
Notes to editors
1. Currently 494 people in Wales are listed for a transplant. This breaksdown to: 443 waiting for a kidney; three for a pancreas; 18 for a kidney/pancreas; five for a heart; 14 for lungs; and 11 for a liver.
2. In the last five years 768 peoples’ lives in Wales have been transformed by the gift of a donor through an organ donor transplant. A further 584 have been given the gift of sight by either a cornea or sclera transplant.
3. Around 10,000 people in Wales are now suffering from some form of chronic kidney disease.
4. With Kidney Wales’ support, the Welsh Assembly Government is steering forward improvements to renal care in Wales including the new renal dialysis unit at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.
5. A kidney transplant remains the best long-term hope for those suffering with kidney failure. The long-term survival of a kidney transplant continues to improve with 92% of kidney grafts from cadaveric donors and 95% of those from living donors still functioning one-year after transplant.
6. The Kidney Wales Foundation is one of Wales’ oldest and biggest charities. In the 1970s it launched the Kidney Donor Card and a decade established Lifeline Wales – the precursor to today’s Organ Donor Register.
WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Shocking TV advert is launched to promote organ donation in Wales
WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Shocking TV advert is launched to promote organ donation in Wales
Shocking TV advert is launched to promote organ donation in Wales
Mar 12 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl will today plead with the Welsh public “not to let her die”.
A new hard-hitting television advert featuring Sian’s race against time is the latest phase of the Donate Wales campaign to boost the numbers of organs available for transplant.
It has been developed as new figures show that, statistically, one person will die every 11 days in Wales while waiting for an organ transplant.
The 30-second advert, which will be broadcast throughout March, will show Sian hooked up to a haemodialysis machine in hospital.
At the end of the commercial, which can only be screened after 7.30pm because of its hard-hitting nature, Sian – who is played by an actress – says: “Don’t let me die”.
Shocking TV advert is launched to promote organ donation in Wales
Mar 12 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl will today plead with the Welsh public “not to let her die”.
A new hard-hitting television advert featuring Sian’s race against time is the latest phase of the Donate Wales campaign to boost the numbers of organs available for transplant.
It has been developed as new figures show that, statistically, one person will die every 11 days in Wales while waiting for an organ transplant.
The 30-second advert, which will be broadcast throughout March, will show Sian hooked up to a haemodialysis machine in hospital.
At the end of the commercial, which can only be screened after 7.30pm because of its hard-hitting nature, Sian – who is played by an actress – says: “Don’t let me die”.
Wednesday 11 March 2009
WalesOnline - News - Health News - Olympic medallist joins Walk for Life
WalesOnline - News - Health News - Olympic medallist joins Walk for Life
Olympic medallist joins Walk for Life
Mar 9 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Davies will take part in one of Wales’ biggest fundraising events later this month.
The swimmer will join thousands of other people taking part in the Kidney Wales Foundation’s Specsavers Cardiff Walk for Life, which will include a lap of the historic Arms Park.
The walk is one of 50 which will take place across Wales on March 29 to raise money to help children suffering from kidney failure and disease.
Olympic medallist joins Walk for Life
Mar 9 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Davies will take part in one of Wales’ biggest fundraising events later this month.
The swimmer will join thousands of other people taking part in the Kidney Wales Foundation’s Specsavers Cardiff Walk for Life, which will include a lap of the historic Arms Park.
The walk is one of 50 which will take place across Wales on March 29 to raise money to help children suffering from kidney failure and disease.
Thursday 5 March 2009
Health Minister, Edwina Hart, to visit Withybush Hospital's new renal dialysis unit (From Western Telegraph)
Health Minister, Edwina Hart, to visit Withybush Hospital's new renal dialysis unit (From Western Telegraph)
Health Minister, Edwina Hart, to visit Withybush Hospital's new renal dialysis unit
9:53am Thursday 5th March 2009
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Welsh Health Minister, Edwina Hart, will today (Thursday) visit a new renal dialysis unit at Withybush Hospital and meet patients and staff benefiting from the new local facilities.
The unit opened in December last year with the ability to treat 12 patients. Since then a dozen more stations have opened and 24 patients can be accommodated .
Health Minister, Edwina Hart, to visit Withybush Hospital's new renal dialysis unit
9:53am Thursday 5th March 2009
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Welsh Health Minister, Edwina Hart, will today (Thursday) visit a new renal dialysis unit at Withybush Hospital and meet patients and staff benefiting from the new local facilities.
The unit opened in December last year with the ability to treat 12 patients. Since then a dozen more stations have opened and 24 patients can be accommodated .
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