Taking part in the Service of Light candle
ceremony were sisters Jean Keogh and Sylvia O’Donovan holding a picture
of their late brother Ted Tobin (Photo: Conor McCabe Photography)
Ted was first person to receive kidney transplant
THE FIRST person to undergo a transplant in Ireland, back in 1963, has been remembered as part of the Irish Kidney Association Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving.
In December of 1963, Ted Tobin, a young man from Crumlin, became the first person to undergo a transplant in Ireland, making medical history in the process.
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