ORGAN donation leaders in Glasgow have warned about an ‘urgent shortage’ of donors to help black and ethnic minority patients.
Although many BME patients are able to receive a transplant from a white donor, for many the best match will come from a donor from the same ethnic background.
More than a third of those on the waiting list for a kidney transplant are from BME communities, and they wait, on average, a year longer than their white counterparts.
Megan Reid, Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation said: “More BME people are saving lives in these ways.
"But there is still an urgent need for people in the black community to help others who depend on a match with a donor from a similar ethnic background.”
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