Glasgow teenager became the first person to receive a life-saving kidney transplant during the pandemic in Scotland. Zak Khan and mum Farzana have issued their heartfelt thanks to medics who pulled off the operation despite the NHS being under extreme pressure since March 2020.
The young man had waited two-and-a-half years before a match was found and was on dialysis when he received the life-changing call, Glasgow Live reports.
While the spread of coronavirus has forced many things to grind to a halt since March 2020, the demand for kidney transplants has continued to surge and to keep up, so too has NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s paediatric transplant team.
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