From the Heart
All week ITV are running a special series on organ donation as part of their 'From the Heart' campaign. We want your help to try and save thousands of lives.
Shortage of organ donors in ethnic communities
There's a worrying shortage of organ donors in ethnic minority communities. A fifth of the 900 people waiting for kidneys in Manchester are Asian.
Yet less than 2% of people on the donor register are actually from Asian backgrounds.
That's despite religious leaders saying organ donation should be encouraged.
In the latest in our series to mark ITV's From the Heart campaign, Mel Barham's been hearing from one man having to wait.
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From the Heart: Behind the scenes at an organ donation
We've been given extraordinary access to a transplant at Manchester Royal Infirmary, which has the UK's busiest renal transplant programme
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From the Heart: Catch up on this week's stories
Catch up on our series to mark ITV's From the Heart campaign in the North West
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From the Heart: Waiting on the organ donor register
Our reporter Mel Barham meets Ron Burrows from Southport, whose wife Philomena died on the transplant waiting list.