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'Infected' kidney op death inquest to be held in Cardiff Man given kidney doctors knew was infected, Cardiff inquest hears
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An inquest into the deaths of two men who died after "infected" kidney transplants has begun in Cardiff. A man received a kidney which doctors knew was infected with meningitis and went on to die from the same disease, an inquest has heard.
Robert Stuart, 67, from Cardiff, and Darren Hughes, 42, of Bridgend, received the transplants at the University Hospital of Wales last year. Darren Hughes, 42, died two weeks after receiving the kidney, which was later found to contain parasitic worms.
The organs from the same donor were allegedly infected with a parasitic worm. Mr Hughes's father Ian said neither he nor his son were told the kidney was infected before the transplant.
The donor also died from the same infection, according to solicitors Irwin Mitchell. The family were only informed of the condition of the donor a month after Mr Hughes died in December 2013.
The lawyers say there have only been a handful of cases in the world of people diagnosed with the infection, all of whom have died. Mr Hughes, of Bridgend, and Robert Stuart, 67, from Cardiff, both received the transplants at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) last year. They both subsequently died.
A good life Representatives for UHW suggested to Mr Hughes at the inquest in Cardiff Coroner's Court that the surgeon had told them prior to the transplant that the donor had a brain infection which was low risk. He denied this.
The transplant was the third for father-of-six Mr Hughes and the first for Mr Stuart. Mr Hughes said at the January 2014 meeting: "We got told that the donor lived rough, was an alcoholic, had cirrhosis of the liver and had died and they didn't know the cause of the meningitis which had killed him."
A year on the families have spoken of their grief but say they hope it will not deter others from giving or receiving organs. He said the family were under the impression that the donor had been killed in a car crash and had no idea of his health.
Mr Hughes's father Ian told BBC Wales on Monday: "Thanks to transplantation, Darren had a good life. Halicephalobus parasite
"So anybody out there who is waiting to have a transplant, please, when the organ gets offered, accept it. Go for it. Because that person's life will be much improved."