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My Donation Story: Sabet Choudhury meets Faruk Choudhury

Sabet Choudhury, who gave his mum a kidney, talks to the former Lord Mayor of Bristol about his project to drive up blood and organ donations from the city鈥檚 diverse communities.

Five years ago 大象传媒 journalist Sabet Choudhury donated a kidney to his mother. She鈥檇 been given just three years to live and the transplant transformed her life. Sabet, who is of Bangladeshi origin, says it wasn鈥檛 a difficult decision to make once he realised she could be waiting for years, because of a shortage of Asian donors in the UK. In this, the second of three programmes, Sabet talks to Faruk Choudhury. He is no relation, but he was Lord Mayor of Bristol in 2013 and he set out to increase the number of blood and organ donations from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in the city. This was happening at the same time that Sabet was coming to terms with his mum鈥檚 failing health and his decision to donate, so he followed the Lord Mayor鈥檚 project closely and sees it as part of his own donation story.
Produced by Jo Dwyer for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol

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