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Island Life - August/September 2010

Organ
Donation

The
gift
of
life
Dr Oliver Cramer pictured with team members
It is a subject that many people still find
difficult to come to terms with, and are
somewhat reluctant to discuss.
But the fact remains that organ
donations save the lives of hundreds
of people in the United Kingdom each
year, including many from the Island.
Dr. Oliver Cramer is a consultant
anaesthetist in intensive care at St
Mary’s Hospital, Newport. He is also the
associate director of medical education
and the clinical lead for organ donation
at the hospital.
Born in Germany, Dr Cramer arrived
at St Mary’s just over six years ago, and
previously worked in Malta and on the
mainland. We spoke to him about the
importance of being on the national
organ donation register.
He said: “As St Mary’s is a
comparatively small hospital we do not
transplant organs here. But people can
donate organs at St Mary’s and then
transplant teams come in to deliver
them to wherever t