A seven-year-old Belfast boy who is on the waiting list for a heart transplant has unveiled a special doll installation in his name at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
Daithi Mac Gabhann from west Belfast unveiled the special “Waiting to Live” doll – called Daithi’s doll – on Tuesday, which is part of a campaign that symbolises the life of a child waiting for an organ transplant.
The campaign features 230 handmade dolls placed in hospitals and other key locations across the UK. The dolls represent children who continue to wait for a transplant due to the shortage of child organ donors.
Each doll carries a badge with a QR code, allowing anyone to hear the stories of these children, in the hope of encouraging more families to consider organ donation and join the NHS Organ Donor Register.