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Lauren Harte

Dáithí Mac Gabhann to undergo surgery to try and get back on heart transplant list

The family of Dáithí Mac Gabhann have confirmed that he will undergo surgery later this week amid hopes he will be placed back on the heart transplant waiting list.

The six-year-old from Ballymurphy, who inspired a change in the organ donation laws in Northern Ireland, was “temporarily suspended” from the list last month due to his health.

He will undergo a cardiac catheter in Newcastle on Thursday.

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