Two competitors from the South West have triumphed in Argentina winning gold medals in the World Transplant Games.
Bradley Ball, from Plymouth, and Tracy Carroll, from Helston, represented Team Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 20th World Transplant Games. Both competitors have received life-saving kidney transplants from Derriford Hospital.
The Neurology Research Team at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, were the first clinical research site in the UK to recruit a participant to an international observational study of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The team are also leading the recruitment worldwide, after recruiting 50% of their target within their first week.
Led in Plymouth by Consultant Neurologist, Professor Jeremy...
Staff from Derriford Hospital’s Renal Unit will be holding an open day on Tuesday 20th January, at the Derriford Health and Leisure Centre, between 10am-4pm.
The open day is for nurses and health care workers to drop in and find out more about renal patients and how to manage them.
There will be opportunities to learn about kidney transplants, living donation, chronic kidney...
