http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/83yearold-gave-blood-57-times--now-hes-donated-a-kidney-7757977.html
Summary:
Nicolas Grace, a former charity director of 83 years old, has donated a kidney to a stranger. For several years he was a blood donor and now he also has become a kidney donor. After the decease of his wife he wanted a new goal in his life, so he became a member of the club ‘altruistic donors’. He was tested and his kidneys seemed to be as healthy as the kidneys of someone in their 40s. Several studies have shown that a kidney from a living donor works better than one of a deceased person. Since 2006, almost a hundred people have donated a kidney to a stranger.
Opinion:
I admire Mr. Crace his decision to donate one of his kidneys. After all, an operation is a risk and especially an operation at his age. It is so wonderful he has done such a good deed out of altruism. I am curious if he has met the person who received his kidney. This person shall be very grateful to Mr. Crace, to be finally released from the misery of dialysis. It was amazing to read that a kidney from a living person seems to work better than a kidney from a deceased person; even if the deceased died at young age.
I never knew the kidney of a live person was actually better than that of someone deceased, but come to think of it, it actually makes sense.
ReplyDeleteWhat a noble man this Mr. Grace, there is a reason why his last name is grace.