Teenage Organ Donor Saves Eight Lives

Schoolgirl's Organ Donor Saves Eight Lives

The organ donation of a west country schoolgirl has saved the lives of eight people, reports The Sun.

The 13-year-old girl, who was killed by a brain haemorrhage while preparing for her mum's 38th birthday party, had always told her parents she wished to donate.

Jemima Layzell's heart went to a boy of five, her lungs were given to a 14-year-old, while her liver was shared by boys aged ten months and five, and a boy of three received her small bowel, says The Sun.

Her parents, Harvey, 43, and Sophy, 38, from Horton, Somerset, said: "Jemima's generosity will always be remembered."

"Jemima was lovely; clever, funny, compassionate and creative," reports The Telegraph.

"She was a brilliant artist but planned to be an author and left many poems, songs, stories and also serious thoughts about her life and the world's problems and delights.

"She also thought about and discussed death and said of her wish to be an organ donor when she died."

A memorial service for the teenager, who died after four days in hospital, will be held at Taunton School on May 21.

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