Mother rushed to Britain for double lung transplant

A YOUNG Cork mother was put on an emergency flight to Britain yesterday for a life-giving double lung transplant operation 20 minutes after donated organs became available at a Newcastle hospital.

Fiona O’Sullivan from Hollyhill, a 27-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer and mother of one, may have the Christmas she’s been praying for if all goes according to plan at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle where a medical team last night began the complex operation.

The death of a young boy in Britain sadly and poignantly provided Fiona with the life line she has been waiting to grasp for the past three years. Fiona has suffered from cystic fibrosis all her life but in recent years the condition has become grave.