Overview
- Kay Robertson, 57, died in November 2024 after being moved to the top of the double‑lung transplant list, with a suitable organ never found in time.
- Her daughter says doctors believed years of exposure to pollen during floristry may have triggered pulmonary fibrosis in someone potentially genetically susceptible.
- A petite frame and significant weight loss narrowed viable matches, as larger donor lungs would have made surgery more complex and unsuitable.
- Robertson joined the transplant list at the end of 2023 and was to be blue‑lighted to Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital if a match became available, but she was admitted in October 2024 and deteriorated before a call came.
- Marking one year since her death, daughter Rosalynd, an NHS Lanarkshire dietitian, is urging people to record their decision on the Organ Donor Register and tell relatives under Scotland’s opt‑out rules.