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| Families' grief at men's 'infected' Cardiff kidney ops | Families' grief at men's 'infected' Cardiff kidney ops |
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| The families of two men who died after kidney transplants allegedly infected with a parasitic worm say they hope it will not deter others from giving or receiving organs. | The families of two men who died after kidney transplants allegedly infected with a parasitic worm say they hope it will not deter others from giving or receiving organs. |
| Robert Stuart, 67, from Cardiff, and Darren Hughes, 42, of Bridgend, both received a kidney from the same donor. | Robert Stuart, 67, from Cardiff, and Darren Hughes, 42, of Bridgend, both received a kidney from the same donor. |
| Both transplants took place at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in December 2013. | |
| An inquest is scheduled to be heard at Cardiff Coroner's Court on Tuesday. | An inquest is scheduled to be heard at Cardiff Coroner's Court on Tuesday. |
| The families have spoken for the first time about their grief almost a year on from the deaths. | The families have spoken for the first time about their grief almost a year on from the deaths. |
| The transplant was the third one for father-of-six Mr Hughes and the first for Mr Stuart. | The transplant was the third one for father-of-six Mr Hughes and the first for Mr Stuart. |
| Mr Hughes's father Ian said: "Thanks to transplantation, Darren had a good life. | Mr Hughes's father Ian said: "Thanks to transplantation, Darren had a good life. |
| "So anybody out there who is waiting to have a transplant, please, when the organ gets offered, accept it. Go for it. Because that person's life will be much improved." | "So anybody out there who is waiting to have a transplant, please, when the organ gets offered, accept it. Go for it. Because that person's life will be much improved." |
| His mother Jacqueline Hughes added: "This has been a tragedy, a real tragedy for all of us in the family and we don't really want people to be put off. | |
| Five cases | |
| "We want people to carry on having transplants." | |
| The donor of the kidneys also died from the same infection, according to solicitors Irwin Mitchell, lawyers for the families. | |
| There have only been five cases in the world of people of people diagnosed with the infection, and all have died, the firm says. | |
| Irwin Mitchell says both Mr Stuart and Mr Hughes died of infection caused by a parasitic worm known as halicephalobus, which lives in soil and is often found in horses. |