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Conor Coyle

Co Fermanagh woman on liver transplant that saved her life after four failed attempts

A Co Fermanagh woman has opened up on her experience of going through a liver transplant at the fifth time of asking as she encouraged people to become organ donors

Lisa McGandy from Enniskillen was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called PBC which had a significant impact on her liver, and she was told in 2014 she would need a transplant.

However, after four trips to London where she was ready to go ahead with the life-changing surgery, she was to be told by doctors that the liver provided was not a match for her.

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