Flag flying to raise awareness of lifesaving organ donation

FLAGS will be raised at Lincolnshire’s hospitals to honour those who have helped to save the lives of others through organ donation.

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The pink organ donation flag will fly at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, every time a person becomes a donor in Lincolnshire.

Dr Gary Wilbourn, consultant in intensive care and anaesthesia and clinical lead for organ donation at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH), said: “By raising a flag in Boston and Lincoln with their loved ones consent, we will honour the decision made to give the gift of life through organ donation each time it happens in our hospitals.

“We hope it will signify an opportunity to reflect on the life-changing impact being an organ donor has on all involved, including the donor, those recipients who may have been waiting a long time to receive an organ, their families and friends, and our NHS colleagues involved in their care.