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Transplants and Trafficking

大象传媒 News presenter Seb Choudhury sets out to donate a kidney to save his mother's life and investigates why people from ethnic minorities are less likely to donate organs.

People of Black and Asian origin do not donate organs in the same numbers as those from a white background, which can lead to a long and sometimes fatal wait on the transplant list. When his mother fell ill, 大象传媒 News presenter Seb Choudhury was left with little choice but to donate one of his kidneys to her to save her life. We follow Seb's journey, and investigate why people from ethnic minorities do not donate. We also look into the illegal trade in south Asia, where some of the world's poorest people are coerced into selling their organs to escape their poverty, but are often left in a worse situation than they were in before.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Aug 2015 16:30

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Kidney donation

Kidney donation

A 大象传媒 presenter tells the story of how he felt forced to donate a kidney to his mother because of a shortage of deceased Asian donors.

Sabet Choudhury was told his mother Sakina could have only three years to live, after her kidneys failed.

He said he had "no choice" but to donate a kidney, as she could have been waiting 10 years for a transplant.


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Role Contributor
Presenter Sabat Choudhury
Producer Ben White
Executive Producer Alex Baxter

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