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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: okarol on November 02, 2010, 09:04:15 AM
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Kidney donor 'fears for the future'
(UKPA) – 1 hour ago
A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his father has told the High Court about his fear for the future.
The man, 39, who can only be identified as XYZ, is suing for around £14 million in damages because of a negligently performed operation in February 2008.
In the course of donating his right kidney, the man suffered irreversible left kidney failure and had to endure a year of dialysis. He himself then had to receive a transplant from his sister.
He has paid "a very great price" for helping his father, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC told Mr Justice Spencer in London.
The judge said Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted liability on the basis that the surgeon, the subject of General Medical Council proceedings, was not only negligent but reckless too.
XYZ told the court that he worries about the constant risk of infection, the risk of rejection and the "absolute certain knowledge" that he is going to lose the kidney within 20 years. He said he had a great fear of swine flu, viruses and bacteria, which made him unable to drink water provided in the court, adding that his dialysis treatment was a "terrible experience".
It made him "extremely angry" that his two young children should grow up knowing that they might have to donate a kidney if they wanted him to live to be a grandfather, which was the motivation behind his own gift to his father.
The four-day hearing is concerned with the assessment of compensation because the trust disputes some of XYZ's claims, particularly his loss of earnings and his thwarted plans to set up a pharmaceutical market-research company.
Ms Gumbel told the court: "The donation of the kidney was successfully achieved but at a great cost to the claimant who, during the course of the operation, suffered torrential, life-threatening haemorrhaging."
As a result, XYZ's life had been shortened by about 10 years.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5igiN5HfjYDXkLCqdYyJbTi9Finpg?docId=N0116891288703368749A
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A man who donated a kidney to his father and nearly died after the botched op, is suing for £6.7 million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1356814/Kidney-donor-wins-6-7m-damages-nearly-dies-botched-op-ends-needing-transplant-own
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I think this is the url you want:
"A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his father has been awarded £6.74million in damages at the High Court.
The 39-year-old - who can only be identified as XYZ - had paid 'a very great price' for his generous act, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC told Mr Justice Spencer in London.
While donating his right kidney in February 2008, he suffered irreversible left kidney failure which meant that he, in turn, needed a transplant from his sister."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1356814/Kidney-donor-wins-6-7m-damages-nearly-dies-botched-op-ends-needing-transplant-own.html#ixzz1DxSJPLES