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Parents Urge Organ Donation to Save Critically Ill Infant

11-week-old William Jones, suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy, is the youngest child on the UK's urgent heart transplant list.

  • William Jones, born in May, has a heart condition that severely affects his heart's ability to pump blood.
  • The infant is currently on life support at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
  • Parents Laura Osborne and Stuart Jones plead for organ donors to consider children.
  • A matching donor must be a baby of similar size and weight to William.
  • NHS Blood and Transplant stresses the importance of discussing organ donation within families.
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