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Brave Ella gets new heart

Mum joins call for organ donation reform

A little girl from Douglas is said to be 'doing well' after receiving a lifesaving heart transplant.

Ella Wiseman, who turns two years old on Boxing Day, underwent the procedure for the second time this week after a long wait for a suitable donor.

She's now recovering with her mum and dad at a hospital in Newcastle.

It comes in the same week politicians here discussed implementing an 'opt-out' system for organ donations to replace the existing 'opt-in' model.

Ella's mum Amy Ash says it makes sense:

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