Letter to a donor family from a heart transplant recipient

Made:
Unknown in United Kingdom

Draft of a handwritten letter to a donor family from a heart transplant recipient

Heart transplants rely on a person’s loved ones deciding to donate their organs in line with their wishes. Organ donation is anonymous and recipients are not aware of the identify of their donor. While there are awards in place to honour donors and their families, heart transplant recipients can write to their donor’s loved one. Contact is through transplant centres or Donor Family Care Service teams. When writing they are asked not to reveal any information that would make them easy to identify. Donors’ loved ones can choose to open letters, read them and reply if they wish.

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
2020-245
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 107 mm x 210 mm
type:
letter - correspondence