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BBC Casualty star's life saved by person's kind act after health discovery


BBC One's Casualty returns for a Christmas special that's all about blood donation - with one particular star revealing that her life was saved by a stranger donating their blood

Elinor Lawless, who portrays Stevie Nash in the hit BBC series, shared how the narrative resonates personally with her: "I had a congenital heart condition when I was a kid," she told The Mirror's We Love TV. Elinor Lawless has opened up about how the Casualty Christmas special hits close to home for her this year (Image: BBC STUDIOS)"It’s something so beautifully straightforward that we can do for each other and in that situation I was relying on other people to do the thing that I can’t do. Casualty's Christmas episode, set on December 25, follows Siobhan, Dylan, Iain, and the team as they deal with multiple emergencies requiring blood, including a road traffic accident and a young girl awaiting a cancer diagnosis.

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