Don't take your organs to heaven - we need them here

Derry Journal

The saying ‘A place close to her heart’ could have been invented for Michelle Crawford and Harefield Hospital, so much so that Michelle and friends have organised a special fundraiser for the Middlesex transplant centre. The ‘Strictly Latin’ dance event next February will coincide with the twentieth anniversary of Michelle’s amazing heart transplant operation on Valentine’s Day 1992.

“I always wanted to find a way to say thank you to Harefield Hospital, not only for giving me a new life but for taking a a chance on me and giving me the transplant at all.

“The idea of the fundraiser is both to raise money for research at Harefield and to raise awareness of organ donation,” said Michelle. “It is scary to think that one in three people on the transplant list die waiting on an organ.

“I want to bring awareness to the organ donor register, that is as important as raising money.

“Derry was so, so very supportive of my family when I was ill. I’ll be forever grateful.

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