He had just seen a scan of his new baby
A Leeds dad tragically died just hours after he and his wife saw a scan of their baby for the first time.
Lisa, from Leeds, said: "We’d been together twenty years and were happy and had just been to my scan. Paul was ecstatic that day, he was so happy to become a dad again. When he didn’t come home that evening, I knew something bad had happened and rang the hospital. “We got special time with Paul, we lay with him, we played songs and shed lots of tears. Then they said they were ready for him and I knew people were waiting to be saved, it is a moment I’ll never forget and I’m very proud of Paul.
Around 30 donors including Paul were honoured posthumously and received the Order of St John Award for Organ Donation, run with NHS Blood and Transplant. The awards were given to their bereaved families. Anthony Clarkson, Director of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “The pride families feel at these moving ceremonies truly is inspirational. Transplant patients tell us that organ donors and their families are heroes and the Order of St John award is a chance for us all to recognise them and their amazing contribution to society.
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