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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

Dancer who had life-saving surgery pleads for donations as crisis hits NHS

A woman who received life-saving surgery has backed calls for more donations of heart valves for vital surgeries.

NHS Blood and Transplant confirmed it could not supply around one in five (20 per cent) of hospital requests for heart valves last year.

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