COMMENT: A selfless gesture (From Oxford Mail)
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COMMENT: A selfless gesture
11:30am Monday 6th February 2012 in Editorial Comment
We all want to make a difference to other people’s lives – but today’s story about big hearted Richard Pitman shows the massive impact most of us can make simply by saying “yes”.
The 69-year-old was inspired to donate one of his kidneys to a total stranger after seeing a close friend get a transplant.
His story shows how living transplants play a vital role along with donating organs after death.
More than 10,000 people in the UK need a transplant and about 1,000 die a year without one.
We urge you to visit uktransplant.org.uk or call 0300 123 23 23 and consider becoming a donor.
