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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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Kidney transplant death inquest to conclude

The inquest into the deaths of two men who both died after having a kidney transplant from the same donor whose organs were allegedly infected with a parasitic worm, will finish today.

Darren Hughes and Robert Stuart died after kidneys transplants. Credit: Family Pictures.

Robert Stuart, 67, from Cardiff and Darren Hughes, 42, of Bridgend both died of an infection known as halicephalobus, which lives in soil and is often found in horses.

There have only been five reported cases in the world of people diagnosed with the infection.

The solicitors for the families of the two men say they are desperately seeking answers following the deaths.

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