Friendship worth losing a kidney for -46% would be live donors in Wales and KW says 70% or more would consider after death
=Welsh People value friendship so much they would donate one of their kidneys to a friend in need.A survey, commissioned by film company Disney, has revealed 46 per cent would give their organ.Sixty-six per cent said they would lend friends cash and almost half - 44 per cent - said they would work for or employ them.Determining the most important factor for choosing a friend, 70 per cent of Welsh people voted for honesty, followed by a good sense of humour - 68 per cent.
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( SOURCE : ARTICLE FROM MARCH 2007 BY LISA JONES SOUTH WALES ECHO)
PLUS COMMENT : The BBC 5 Live ran a great debate on Thursday morning on donating a kidney to a friend . We found this article by Lisa Jones from March to demonsrate the thoughts of us in Wales.On Thursday afternoon a patient rang Kidney Wales Foundation to say that he was asking friends if they would donate to him . NZ legend Jonah Lomu had a friend give him his new life.
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Until now, living donor transplants have occurred only between relatives or people with a close emotional relationship, such as couples living together.
But a change in the rules last year led the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) to allow strangers to donate to each other.
Experts hope up to 200 more kidney patients a year in the UK could benefit from this kind of transplant in the future. In the first few years, about 50 extra patients are expected to benefit in the UK.
But a change in the rules last year led the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) to allow strangers to donate to each other.
Experts hope up to 200 more kidney patients a year in the UK could benefit from this kind of transplant in the future. In the first few years, about 50 extra patients are expected to benefit in the UK.
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A new kidney click for film
Terry Boyle from Bridgend received a kidney from his younger brother.
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