Ely Cathedral
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More than a thousand people from across East Anglia are expected at Ely Cathedral this Sunday for a service that will bring together the families of people who donated organs after their death, and those whose lives have been transformed by receiving a transplant.
Since the last transplant memorial service in 2005, nearly a hundred people from the area have donated organs after their death. Each of these donations has contributed to the transplant work at Addenbrooke’s and Papworth, with 244 kidney, 151 liver and 196 cardiothoracic transplants in that period.
None of these would have been possible without the courage and generosity of donors and their families. Sunday will be a day to remember those who have donated – but it is also an opportunity to celebrate the lives that have been saved and transformed through transplantation.
The event has been organised by the transplant team at Addenbrooke’s. Sarah Ralley, one of the transplant co-ordinators, said: “Transplants are a miracle of modern medicine. They are the best possible treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure. In the last year, organ donations have saved more than three thousand lives, but we always need more people to sign up to donate. Organ donation is the gift of life.”
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