A NURSE from NHS Golden Jubilee will help turn the UK’s highest mountains pink this week for Organ and Tissue Donation Week.

Emma McColl, a Clinical Nurse manager in the Golden Jubilee University Hospital’s cardiothoracic and heart transplant wards in Clydebank, will scale Ben Nevis on Friday, September 27 with her rescue dog Finn.

The climb is part of the ‘Turn the Peaks Pink’ where Emma will join 50 doctors and nurses from across NHS Scotland and the Scottish Government for the Ben Nevis Challenge, organised by NHS Blood and Transplant.

NHS Golden Jubilee has been the sole provider of Scottish adult heart transplants since 2008 and has now carried out 251 within the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service (SNAHFS).

Emma said: “Organ donation is something that is very close to my heart as I also used to work in liver transplant services in Cambridge before moving back to Scotland a few years ago.

“It’s amazing helping patients through their transplant journey, it’s really special and something that I love about doing my job.

“We all just want to raise awareness of organ donation and the importance of people making their wishes known to loved ones, or signing the Organ Donor Register, which can save lives.

“I’m really looking forward to this walk with my Jack Russell, Finn, who loves doing the Munros with me.

"Every time he reaches the summit, he does a roly-poly as if he’s celebrating completing the climb, so I’m sure he’ll love it as well.”

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NHS Golden Jubilee buildings will also be lit up pink for this year’s Organ and Tissue Donation Week campaign from 23 to 29 September, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NHS Organ Donor Register, with nearly 60,000 lives saved since it was created in 1994.

Lynne Ayton, director of Heart, Lung and Diagnostic Services at NHS Golden Jubilee, added: “It’s amazing to see staff from NHS Golden Jubilee and across the organ donation and transplant community come together like this.

“As well as raising awareness, Organ and Tissue Donation Week also gives us the chance to reflect and remember our organ and tissue donors and their families.

“Transplantation is only possible thanks to the generosity of organ donors. Every year, Organ and Tissue Donation Week raises awareness of the importance of making your decision known on the Organ Donation Register, as well as paying tribute to organ donors and families who have given the gift of life to others.”