Identical Cork twins and their parents will feature on RTÉ show – Hospital Live – this week

Úna and Eva Brice, and their mother Pamela owe their lives to the power of blood donations.

Úna and Eva were born at 33 weeks on World Blood Donor Day in 2004.

Identical twins share a placenta in the womb, which provides blood to each foetus.

One baby becomes the donor and the other becomes the recipient.

During the pregnancy, Úna didn’t receive blood while Eva received too much for her body to handle. Úna and her mother Pamela required blood transfusions to stay alive.

After their births, Úna weighed 2 pounds 3 ounces and was extremely white. Both children were named on the night of their births.

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