Triple transplant patient dies

Northern Ireland's first triple organ transplant patient died yesterday in Tyrone County Hospital

Northern Ireland's first triple organ transplant patient died yesterday in Tyrone County Hospital. Mr Haldane Butler (28), from Omagh, Co Tyrone, received a new liver, pancreas and small intestine during an eight-hour operation in Leeds two years ago. He had been ill for some time.

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