A few years ago we designed and installed a very large wall artwork to recognise and commemorate organ donation at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent. Dr Gillian Fargher, Chair of the Organ and Tissue Donation Committee, and also Regional Chair, along with Dr Paul Hayden the Clinical Lead for Organ Donation, wanted to remember every organ and tissue donor. And with a lot of determined effort on their part to overcome some difficult hurdles … the resulting artwork is here!
A set of four ‘hero boards’ installed underneath the original organ donation artwork, designed to complement by featuring artworks of the Medway Marshes.
Each board can fit 102 names – specifically designed so that individual donor names can be added over time – a means of personally honouring everyone who has selflessly given the gift of life to others.
Pictured above are Paul Hayden and Gillian Fargher having just added the first 40 names. The first name to feature is Gillian’s husband who when he died in 2015 donated his organs and tissues and in doing so ensured that the quality of life of twelve people were dramatically improved.