http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/last-time-i-nearly-died-but-i-d-go-abroad-again-to-buy-kidney-to-save-me-1.1131300

Last time I nearly died...but I'd go abroad again to buy kidney to save me
By CAROLINE WILSON

A RESTAURATEUR who almost died after buying a kidney transplant abroad has backed the Evening Times' campaign to launch an 'opt out' system of organ donation in Scotland.

Bobby Singh, 46, from Glasgow, believes an opt-out policy – where the default position is that everyone is a donor – would vastly increase his chances of receiving the life-saving kidney transplant he needs.

The father-of-three made the "desperate" decision to pay £22,000 for a transplant in Pakistan in 2005 after being on the register for five years.

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