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Andy Cole calls for fellow transplant survivors to join free NHS fitness classes

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Football legend Andy Cole is calling for fellow transplant recipients to sign up for free NHS fitness classes. The former Manchester United and England striker is among 42,000 living with a functioning transplant and one of three million UK survivors of kidney disease.

They are at higher risk of Covid-19 if attending hospitals or a gym due to the immunosuppressant drugs they have to take to stop their body rejecting the organ.

Weight gain is among the symptoms of kidney disease – the former Newcastle forward suffered cruel taunts as his body ballooned.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, people with kidney disease attended rehab sessions in outpatient clinics. Face-to-face hospital classes were cancelled to protect patients although most had to

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