21 Sep 2024

The Story of a Heart - the medical miracle of organ transplants

From Saturday Morning, 9:05 am on 21 September 2024
The  Story of a Heart book cover

Photo: Little, Brown Book Group

Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor and an author. Her best-selling book Breathtaking has been adapted into a TV series and revealed how she and her colleagues dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Her new book The Story of a Heart is the account of a nine-year-old girl, who suffered a catastrophic brain bleed in a car accident, and the boy who received the lifesaving gift of her heart.

It explores medical innovation, grief and hope. Rachel speaks with Mihi about the demand for lifesaving organ transplants.

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