Summary
Ten-year-old Roman received a heart transplant from Fraser, a boy who died ten years ago after being hit by a car in Wales. Fraser's mother, Anna-Louise Bates, now advocates for organ donation awareness and has set up a charity to promote this cause. The organ donation law in Wales, introduced ten years ago, was intended to increase donor numbers, but its impact has been debated.
Key Facts
- Roman received a heart transplant from Fraser, a boy who died in a car accident 10 years ago.
- Fraser's mother, Anna-Louise Bates, promotes organ donation and set up a charity called Believe Organ Donation Support.
- Wales introduced a "soft" opt-out organ donation law on December 1, 2015.
- The consent rate for organ donation in Wales increased by about 15% in the first three years of the new law.
- Organ donor registration rates dropped to their lowest in a decade last year.
- Mrs. Bates believes that stigma around organ donation is an issue and stresses the importance of conversations about it.
- Anna-Louise Bates created a memorial garden in Cardiff to honor organ donors.
