The Role of Rules in Kidney Transplantation

Dr Adnan Sharif is a kidney and transplant specialist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He says that as long as the patient is fit enough for surgery, they always recommend transplantation. Daniel was brought to the UK because he was a blood match for a young woman called Sonia who had been diagnosed with a serious form of kidney disease. She needs a transplant and is on dialysis for five hours a day, three or four times a week. In 2012 the law in the UK was changed to try and increase the number of these gold standard donations allowing transplants from organ donors who live abroad.