A man who died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage at Hull Royal Infirmary has saved the lives of several others through organ donation, his family has revealed. Dave Evison, 62, from Hull, was rushed to hospital in July 2016 after suffering a massive bleed on the brain, but surgeons were unable to save him.
His children, Hannah Evison, 34, and Dean, 36, were told by neurosurgeons that nothing could be done. Despite their shock, the family agreed to donate his organs, knowing it was what he would have wanted. “If he had been asked, he would have said yes,” Hannah said.
Mr Evison, an oil industry worker, had previously suffered a stroke but had recovered well. He had been experiencing headaches for weeks before his collapse. After being placed on life support to allow time for organ recipients to be prepared, he died on July 7, 2016.
His lungs, liver, both kidneys and heart tissue were donated. Hannah said: “We know he helped save other middle-aged men and we hope some of them would have been fathers. We don’t have our dad with us, but what he did means that other dads are still here with their children.”
The family now encourages others to join the organ donor register. “There’s no point in taking your organs with you when you die,” Hannah added. “If you can help someone else when your time has come, why wouldn’t you do that?”
