Organ Donors Memorial Unveiled at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales.
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BBC Wales TV reported on the unveiling of a Memorial dedicated to Organ Donors. Displayed at Ysbyty Treforys - Morriston Hospital, Swansea, South Wales.
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Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/30/2016
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Lifecycle of a Dandilion - The colourful, backlit Stained Glass Memorial, about 60 inches across, dedicated to Organ Donors. The memorial is found near the Main Entrance of Ysbyty Treforys (the Welsh name for Morriston Hospital).
The BBC TV headline reads; Memorial unveiled at Morriston Hospital for organ donors;
"A stained glass memorial dedicated to organ donors at Morriston Hospital has been placed in a corridor connecting the new £60m outpatients' building with the rest of the hospital.
The tribute depicts the lifecycle of a dandelion and was designed by Katie Allen and created in glass by Simon Howard.
Around the Stained Glass display are words in English and Welsh by poet Menna Elfyn.
Reading; "From Hand to Hand Breath's Melody: Song of Loss and Joy."
Meanwhile, a new NHS register that allows people to opt in or out of becoming an organ donor has been launched across the UK.
People in Wales have had access to the register since June.
From 1 December, if a Welsh resident has not registered a decision it will be assumed they have no objection to being an organ donor." Text adapted from; (
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Another News Story; Organ donation: Presumed consent to start in December 2015;
"People in Wales will be presumed to have agreed for their organs to be donated after death from December 2015.
Wales will be the first UK nation to introduce a system where consent is assumed unless people have opted out.
The legislation, described by ministers as the "most significant" the Welsh assembly had passed, received royal assent on Tuesday." Text source; (
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