11-week-old William Jones from Hemel Hempstead is UK's youngest on urgent heart transplant list due to dilated cardiomyopathy.

11-week-old William Jones from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, is the UK's youngest person on the urgent heart transplant waiting list, due to a rare heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy. His parents, Laura Osborne and Stuart Jones, urge families to consider organ donation. Currently, there are over 7,000 people waiting for an organ transplant in the UK, including 250 children. Around 300 patients need a heart transplant, with 38 children among them.

August 08, 2024
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