Good News · 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.

By BriefTea Editorial · 8 April 2026 at 5:39

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