N.Z. transplant patient dies
,PA Greymouth A Reefton woman, Ms Katherine Archer, died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday after a bone marrow transplant operation in London’s Hammersmith Hospital. Ms Archer, aged 22,
was diagnosed as having aplastic anaemia earlier this year while on a working holiday in England and had been treated' while waiting for a suitable donor. An autopsy will be done.
Reef ton people raised $lB,OOO to support Ms Archer during her illness. The,, .appeal group’s spokeswoman, Ms Carol Jones, said yesterday Ms Archer’s death was tragic and totally unexpected.
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