A NEW national memorial paying tribute to organ donors is to be sited in Scotland's capital, it has been announced.
The Scottish Government revealed plans for the special memorial, which will be designed as a lasting tribute to organ and tissue donors who have helped others to live after their own death.
Scottish artist Alec Finlay has been commissioned to do the piece, which will be situated in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden - with the site chosen for both its beauty and its tranquility.
The new memorial is being erected as the existing memorial, a wooden loveseat in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery on which a silver leaf is placed for every person who has donated their organs, has very little space remaining on it.
Mr Finlay will work closely with donor families, organ recipients and healthcare professionals as he develops the new memorial.
Among those involved is lung transplant recipient Gill Hollis, who said: "The national organ donation memorial is very important to me.
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