ARDS MAN GIVES GIFT OF LIFE TO STRANGER

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ARDS MAN GIVES GIFT OF LIFE TO STRANGER

By Ruth Dowds NEWTOWNARDS electrician Chris Johnston has given the spark of life back to a stranger who would have almost certainly died without his act of great kindness.  Last month Chris spent five hours on a hospital bed in London, undergoing a remarkable procedure in which four million stem cells were removed from his blood. He and his wife Lauren casually watched films as Chris’s blood was removed through one arm, circulated around a machi…