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JULY ‘13
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) I still want answers over how and why community urged to sign up my brother died to NHS Organ Donor Register
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he annual, UK-wide, awareness week runs from 8th to 14th July, to increase understanding of organ donation and encourage more people to join the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). Black and South Asian people are more than three times as likely to need an organ transplant than the rest of the population, however there is a shortage with only 1.5* per cent of people on the Register of South Asian origin, and 0.4** per cent of Black origin. This means that South Asian and Black people have to wait much longer for a transplant, on average twice as long as a White person. Hollyoaks actor, Sikander Malik, added: “Raising awareness of the importance of organ donation is something that I am truly passionate about, especially within the ethnic minority community where currently there is a severe shortage of donors for Black and Asian patients.” This year’s Transplant Week theme is ‘Pass it On’ - focusing not just on signing up to the ODR but also the importance of people talking about their wishes to family and friends so they know what they would like to happen after their death.
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Lloyd, from Stevenage, whose father is from the West Indies, is acutely aware of the need for more people from BME communities to join the register. Lloyd sadly lost his sister Jane, aged 29, to a
road traffic accident. He said: “When my sister Jane sadly passed away, myself, and, our family, agreed to donation as we didn’t want her to die for nothing.
“Her gift helped four people to have a second chance to live, and this really helped me and our family to make sense of the tragedy.” “Jane had already discussed with us about how she supported organ donation and would wish her organs to
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be used to help someone else live if anything happened to her. This helped us to make our decision to donate. Her gift helped four people to have a second chance to live, and this really helped me and our family to make sense of the tragedy.” * If you join the ODR tell the people closest to you. Otherwise, your wishes may come as a surprise at a time when they are trying to deal with their loss. This could affect their decision to proceed with a life-saving donation. To add your name to the ODR please call 0300 123 23 23, text JOIN 84880 or visit www.transplantweek.co.uk.”
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IX weeks after telling his sister he was “frightened for his life” a Manchester soldier was killed in an explosion in Iraq. Private Lee Ellis, 23, of Wythenshawe, died after a bomb exploded underneath his Army vehicle in Al Amarah in Iraq. Pte Ellis, from the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, died in February 2006, in an incident similar to other deaths involving the controversial Snatch Land Rover. Families say the Ministry Of Defence (MoD) failed to provide armoured vehicles or equipment which could have saved lives, and should pay compensation. The Su-
preme Court agreed and gave the families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq the right to bring damages claims against the Government. The issue – a test case - was whether the families could bring an action under human rights legislation as well as under a claim of negligence. Speaking after the landmark court ruling – it means human rights protection for every serviceman and woman - Lee’s sister, Karla, said: “Lee and I were very close and would speak a lot. He told me he was frightened and depressed, and didn’t know if he was going to come back alive. “When he came home on
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