Little boy’s six-year wait for new heart but he has ‘such hope and resilience’

A little boy has been on the heart transplant list for six years – one of the longest waits for any child in the UK.

The proud family of Daithi Mac Gabhann paid tribute to his ­indomitable spirit, after June 1 marked six years on the waiting list. He travels 200 miles from his home in Belfast to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle for check-ups. The hospital is the only centre in the UK capable of carrying out a heart ­transplant for a child with his ­condition. Daithi was born in 2016 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Read More