A mum-of-five has had a life-saving kidney transplant after successfully appealing for an organ donor - on Facebook. Ann Gath, 43, launched an online campaign to find a kidney donor in 2021 after her rare blood type meant she struggled finding a suitable transplant match.
She received thousands of comments from well-wishers and several people were tested to see if they could give her a kidney, but they were all unsuccessful. That was until complete stranger Nicola Hinds, 36, saw the post and reached out to Ann, saying that she would like to be tested to see if she was a match.
Luckily, they found out in June last year that she was a match and the pair are currently in the last stages of recovering from the transplant that they had in December last year. Ann said: "When I found out she was a match, it was just incredible.
