Family trying to get son to US for life-saving transplant due to so few UK organ donors

Parents of a three-year-old boy waiting for a multi-organ transplant are attempting to raise £1m so they can seek treatment in the US in a bid to save his life.

Consent rates in the US for organ donation are much higher than in the UK, with Britons being urged to think more carefully about joining the register, in an effort to save more lives.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/family-trying-to-get-son-to-us-for-life-saving-transplant-due-to-so-few-uk-organ-donors-13031049

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