UK: Black Communities Waiting Longer For Kidney Transplants

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http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/black-communities-waiting-longer-kidney-transplants

Black Communities Waiting Longer For Kidney Transplants
NHS report warns that lives are being put at risk
Written by Elizabeth Pears

KIDNEY PATIENTS of African and Caribbean heritage are waiting more than a year longer than their white counterparts to find a matching donor, a new NHS report has said.

The findings from the Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report, published by NHS Blood and Transplant on August15, are a wake-up call to black communities who either find themselves in need of, or are in a position to donate, an organ.

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