Dialysis Patient-Stella de Kock 2025
12 February 2025
Stella de Kock, a 48-year-old woman from Pretoria, has spent the past 14 years on dialysis and has been waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant
We TELL the stories of patients waiting for a transplant as well as transplant recipients. These stories are featured on our social media pages as either #WaitingWednesday or #TransplantTuesday. By telling these stories, we raise awareness about the benefit of an organ transplant and highlight the plight of people waiting for a transplant.
Stella de Kock, a 48-year-old woman from Pretoria, has spent the past 14 years on dialysis and has been waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant
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