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A West Lothian woman is calling on Scots to consider organ and tissue donation after her husband suddenly died. Louise Johnstone, 46, had been married to Jed Johnstone, 53, for around a year when he suffered a brain aneurysm and subsequent stroke in 2023. ‌

Mr Johnstone , a postman and grandfather, was treated at the Royal Hospital of Edinburgh but was unable to recover and was on life-support before he died. Monday marked the start of Organ and Donation Week. ‌

Mr Johnstone was a registered organ donor, and Mrs Johnstone says that thanks to this, he was able to save the lives of several others as medics said he would not recover from his aneurysm or stroke . ‌

Mrs Johnstone said: “My husband Jed was full of fun – he was an amazing person. We’d met later in li

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