Bradford's Asian population are being urged to donate organs.Twenty six lives have been saved in the city over the past year thanks to donations, but those of an Asian ethnicity are waiting longer for life saving transplants.
Consultant Physician, Dr Jahangir Reeman at Bradford Hosipitals said "this issue in the Asian population needs to be brought out into the open.
We need to ask questions such as what are the cultural aspects and what are the religious and traditional aspects behind this problem."
The availability of donars is an issue that can touch many lives and communities however.
Cheryl Ragg, of West Yorkshire, waited for 6 years for a heart transplant. She was born with a major heart defect, which affected the two main vessels carrying blood away from the heart.
She said: "The diagnosis was that I shouldn't have lived past the age of twenty four and when I got my transplant I was thirty six.
"I'm a very defiant person but when I had my daughter my health deteriorated. It wasn't until I was thirty that the transplant option became available.
Being on the waiting list is very very hard. I had 8 call ups and I got the transplant on the ninth call."
There are currently seventy one people on the waiting list in Bradford, fifty nine of whom are waiting for a kidney.
For those considering organ donation, there is a clear message from Dr Reeham: "Get in touch or those on the transplant list might die."
Organ wrap by BCB News
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