"Gift of Life" on channel 5 in the UK

[MooseMom]

I'm in the UK visiting friends and family, and I watched a new show last night called "Gift of Life".  It follows patients at The Transplantation Institute in Newcastle.  It seems to be a new series with last night's episode being the first; it followed three patients.  One was a young girl awaiting a heart, another was a young mother needing a new kidney (her father had put out the word on Facebook), and the third was a young man with CF who just 18 months previous had been a model.  He'd had CF all of his life but only recently had gone downhill very quickly.

The series is about the families of these patients as much as it is about the patients themselves.  Being on the waitlist is hard on everyone, even on the coordinators who have seen some of these patients called in several times, only to have the op not happen.

I was very happy to see such a series on TV and am hoping that it will spread awareness of the need for more people to sign up for donation. 

[SooMK]

Seems like it would be a great way to generate interest and to educate people. Maybe the show will catch on here.