NorthoftheLee
21/04/2004, 10:32 AM
www.savebilly.org (http://www.savebilly.org) - The Billy Burke Transplant Petition
" Billy is a young man from Killorglin Co.Kerry. He is just 29yrs old. He
suffers from cystic fibrosis. Despite fighting really hard all his life to keep
as healthy as possible, he needs a double lung transplant NOW or he will die. Atthe moment, all lung transplants on Irish patients are carried out in the UK.
Billy is on a waiting list in a Hospital in Manchester.
However, due to an arrangement with the Irish Govt. all donor lungs from Ireland go directly to a Hospital in Newcastle and are offered to patients on their list. Because of this arrangement, Billy is being denied his only chance to
live.
He needs Irish donor lungs to be sent to the Hospital in Manchester
immediately, so they can save his life. " - Lisa (Billy's Sister).
" Billy is a young man from Killorglin Co.Kerry. He is just 29yrs old. He
suffers from cystic fibrosis. Despite fighting really hard all his life to keep
as healthy as possible, he needs a double lung transplant NOW or he will die. Atthe moment, all lung transplants on Irish patients are carried out in the UK.
Billy is on a waiting list in a Hospital in Manchester.
However, due to an arrangement with the Irish Govt. all donor lungs from Ireland go directly to a Hospital in Newcastle and are offered to patients on their list. Because of this arrangement, Billy is being denied his only chance to
live.
He needs Irish donor lungs to be sent to the Hospital in Manchester
immediately, so they can save his life. " - Lisa (Billy's Sister).