Sixth kidney transplant was 'icing on the cake' for family celebrating nurse's wedding

Sixth kidney transplant was 'icing on the cake' for family celebrating nurse's wedding

Anna Downes, the recipient of a kidney donation, and her newly married daughter Fiona.

A family gifted six kidneys by organ donors through the years have celebrated another successful transplant and the wedding of Fiona Downes during Organ Donor Awareness Week 2021.

Ms Downes, a clinical nurse specialist in the Transplant Unit at Beaumont Hospital, enjoyed her special day joined by her father, Noel Downes, and her mother, Anne, who underwent a kidney transplant five years ago. 

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