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Family of kidney death patients push for recommended changes

Families of two transplant patients who died after being given kidneys infected with rare parasitic worms have urged the health board to make changes. Robert Stuart and Darren Hughes both died from a parasite known as halicephalobus, which lives in soil and is often found in horses. An inquest ruled that the decision to use the kidneys was correct.

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Darren Hughes' family: 'No words can describe our loss'

The father of transplant patient Darren Hughes, who died after being given kidneys infected with parasitic worms, says "no words can describe" the family's loss.

Darren Hughes, 42, from Bridgend, was one of two transplant patients who died after being given kidneys infected with parasitic worms. Credit: Family / Irwin Mitchell

The purpose of an organ transplant is to save or prolong someone’s life and Darren’s life was tragically cut short and we are determined to find out how this could have happened. It was difficult enough for us to come to terms with what happened to him but to also hear that another family had also been affected was heart-breaking.

We just hope that things are improved further after this inquest as its been incredibly difficult listening to all the evidence. I would hate for anyone else to have to go through this experience.

– Ian Hughes, Darren's father

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