Scots celebrity chef Tony Singh backs organ donation campaign in memory of friend
dailyrecord.co.ukCelebrity chef Tony Singh has paid tribute to a friend who died aged 31 following a motorbike accident - after carrying a donor card since the age of seven - as part of NHS Golden Jubilee's support for organ and tissue donor week.
Chef Ben Dodson, who died in 2017, lived in Edinburgh and was well known in the hospitality industry.Mr Dodson's family said they wanted to "absolutely honour his wishes" to donate his organs after his death.
Every year, Organ and Tissue Donation Week raises awareness of the importance of making organ donation decisions known, as well as paying tribute to organ donors and families who have given the gift of life to others.Mr Dodson's mother, Kari, said the whole family is now on the organ donor register.
She said: "Ben had carried the organ donor card since he was seven and we absolutely wanted to honour his wishes because we always knew what his wishes were. "We had gone to the GP surgery and he saw this box of cards and wanted to know what they were for so I explained it to him and he said, 'right, can I have one of those mum?', and that was it!
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