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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

'I had 12 weeks left to live. Look at me now', Scotland

Scotsman

Sangita Patel had been given just three months to live when she got a late-night telephone call informing her that a donor liver had become available for transplant.

The 31-year-old, who underwent the life-saving operation at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, said: “I never imagined my future. Now I want to enjoy every day and appreciate the simple things, like meeting up with family and friends, going out for a meal, just little things.”

Ms Patel, an IT recruitment specialist from Edinburgh, was one of Scotland’s donor recipients who attended the launch of the Scottish Government’s latest campaign to encourage people to sign up to the Organ Donor Register.

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