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A five-week-old's kidneys are successfully transplanted into a young woman, who thanks the child's parents for a "massive gift".
A five-week-old baby is a lifesaver after becoming Britain's youngest ever organ donor.
The infant's tiny kidneys were donated to 22-year-old Samira Kauser and transplanted during a seven-hour operation at St James's University Hospital in Leeds.
The organs were just 4cm long but will grow to up to three-quarters the size of a normal adult's.
Together with the liver, heart and lungs, a baby's kidneys are fully functioning after 37 weeks in the womb.
http://news.sky.com/story/1153798/babys-kidney-donation-saves-womans-life
A five-week-old baby is a lifesaver after becoming Britain's youngest ever organ donor.
The infant's tiny kidneys were donated to 22-year-old Samira Kauser and transplanted during a seven-hour operation at St James's University Hospital in Leeds.
The organs were just 4cm long but will grow to up to three-quarters the size of a normal adult's.
Together with the liver, heart and lungs, a baby's kidneys are fully functioning after 37 weeks in the womb.
http://news.sky.com/story/1153798/babys-kidney-donation-saves-womans-life
