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High-flying kidneys a historic first

Kerryn Jones

An operation that involved four people being cut open in separate hospitals, and kidneys flying past each other high above the North Island, has given two people a new lease of life.

The "paired kidney exchange" procedure, which is new to New Zealand, allows non-matched donors to help a friend or relative by giving their kidney to a stranger in return for a compatible kidney.

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Amy Ng Thomson

“I see myself as the kaitiaki/guardian of these precious lungs as a family has very generously donated their loved one's organs, so I will do what I need to protect them.”

Nurse Amy Ng-Thomson shares her story of a lifesaving lung transplant at the age of 36.

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