How a transplant changed a life forever
Twenty years ago today Tauranga woman Tania Parnwell lay unconscious in a Brisbane hospital bed unaware she had just had a liver transplant.
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- 4:03 PM Mar 08th
Twenty years ago today Tauranga woman Tania Parnwell lay unconscious in a Brisbane hospital bed unaware she had just had a liver transplant.
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