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Organ transplants among BAME patients at record highs after Mirror campaign

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Record numbers of black, Asian and ethnic minorities patients have received life-saving organ transplants. Last year BAME people had 1,187 such operations.

And a huge publicity drive to raise awareness of the Mirror-backed Max and Keira’s Law played a crucial role. A NHS spokeswoman said many donor families have talked about final wishes after reading donation stories.

She said: “The Mirror is one of our biggest champions – you have done fantastic work for us.” New NHS Blood and Transplant figures reveal a promising rise in consent rates for BAME donors.

Kevin Ferdinand, 41, received a heart transplant in 2018. He only had to wait four months for his operation but during that time he had a collapsed lung and a life-threatening blockage to

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