General · 8 April 2026
Family donates organs after Orla Wates dies in Vietnam
The family of a British teenager who died in Vietnam opted to donate her organs, giving a fresh opportunity to five seriously unwell Vietnamese patients. Orla Wates, 19, passed away on 2 April after a reported road accident, falling from a motorcycle on the Ha Giang Loop. Her parents, Henrietta and Andrew Wates, made this compassionate decision at a Hanoi hospital.
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