1 Sep 2025
Christchurch teen awaiting life-saving heart transplant
A Christchurch teenager is being forced to put his life on hold as he awaits a life-saving heart transplant. Shade Beardsall has hyper-trophic cardio-myopathy which causes the heart to grow thicker than normal. It's a condition that has already had tragic consequences for Shade's family. It comes as the number of organs being donated falls behind the number of people waiting for a transplant, both here and abroad. Adam Burns reports.