Mohammed Islam, of Buttershaw, says his life was saved by his brother, who gave him a kidney
A paramedic from the district whose life was saved when his brother donated a kidney is urging people from his community to be organ donors.
Mohammed Islam, from Buttershaw, was so ill that both of his kidneys were in danger of failing when he received the vital and precious gift from his younger brother, Fiaz.
Daily dialysis treatment was keeping him alive and the chances of finding a kidney match were slim due to a lack of South Asian donors.
“At that point, if I’d not had that donation or the dialysis, I would have died. Both kidneys would eventually have stopped working,” said Mohammed.
His problems started with high blood pressure, before blood tests revealed abnormalities in October 2011.
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