Scottish parents in organ donor call for young son

Since the pandemic the number of available organs has fallen

The parents of a 3 year old boy from Glasgow who is waiting for a heart transplant are asking people to consider becoming organ donors.

Ethan Mains has been in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle since December – it’s one of only two in the UK that can carry out the life saving operation.

Ethan and his mum and dad joined other families on the same ward whose children all urgently need a new heart – 48 youngsters across the UK are in the same perilous position.

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