Grieving parents press awareness of importance of blood donation
by Rebecca Black
Dec 04, 2023
2 minutes
The parents of a young girl who died following complications as a result of a rare blood condition are highlighting the importance of blood donation in her memory.
Holly Gormley from Strabane, Co Tyrone, died at the age of 11 in July.
Her mother Claire described her daughter’s condition, aplastic anaemia, as affecting her immune system.
She received numerous blood transfusions and platelet transfusions from big-hearted strangers during her life.
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