Organ donor who died from stairs fall saves five lives

A 28-year-old woman who died after tumbling down her stairs while wearing new flip-flops has given the gift of life to five people.

Rosemarie Loughlin’s heart went to a 16-year-old boy whose transplant took place in Great Ormonde Street Hospital, London.

Both of her kidneys were transplanted — one to a 15-year-old boy, the other to a 50-year-old married father with renal failure who had been waiting for five years for a suitable match.