Letterbox organ donation plea 'may be illegal'
8th Sep 2005, 13:44 GMT
The head of the kidney transplant unit at Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital says he would not encourage a family's letterbox plea for an organ donor for their son. Hundreds of flyers have been dropped into letterboxes across Brisbane appealing for someone to consider befriending the family with the view to donating a kidney.
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