"A
Tissue Donation may be the greatest legacy
one can leave"
The poem we are reproducing hereunder
was written by the late ROBET
N. NEST before passing away,
having donated all of his organs for transplantation. It
was found hanging on the wall of the ward.
Whatever you give away today,
or think or say or do
will multiply about tenfold
and then return to you.
It may not come immediately,
nor from the obvious source
but the law applies unfailingly,
through some invisible force.
Whatever you feel about another,
be it love or hate or passion
will surely bounce right back to you
in some clear (or secret) fashion
If you speak about some person,
a word of praise or two,
soon, tens of other people
will speak kind words of you.
Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,
not secrets of the brain.
Kind ones bring us happiness;
petty ones, untold pain.
Giving works as surely
as reflections in a mirror.
If hate you send, hate you'll get back,
but loving brings love nearer.
Remember, as you start this day
and duty crowds your mind,
that kindness comes so quickly back
to those who first are kind.
Let that thought and this one
direct us through each day.
The only things we ever keep
are the things we give away.
~Author Unknown~
Transplantations
of Organs in Malta...... FIRSTS
The first kidney transplant
in Malta was carried out on 22nd April 1983 through
a kidney of a LIVING
RELATED Donor.
The firstLIVING UN-RELATED Kidney
transplant was carried out in Malta on 25th February
2004 on
Mr. David Vella of Naxxar, the
donor being our Committee member Mr. James Muscat,
also of Naxxar.
The first Heart Transplant in
Malta was carried out on our Secretary Mr. Joe
Bonello of Sta. Lucia,
on 5th. September 1996
through a 17 yr. old cadaveric donor.