Dying for a Donor
Baby George Jackson wasjust one month old when he died, still waiting for the donation of a heart that would save his life.
In this moving and enlightening film George's parents, Francis and Sharon Jackson , examine the British transplant system that they feel failed them and their son. They meet other parents, and talk to the experts, politicians and the medical ethical establishment that lays down the rules.
Francis and Sharon believe that it is vital for the policy on organ donation to be changed. They say that if organs were automatically available, unless the patient carried a card forbidding it, countless lives would be saved. Perhaps even baby George would have lived. Director/Producer Stewart Lansley Series producer Sue Davidson A Kilroy production for BBCtv
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