'Let's start talking and working out why we're not joining these organ donations'
A BBC Radio DJ who got a transplant says black and Asian people need to talk more about living organ donation.Doctors warned him it might take up to six years to find a match "for somebody my age and ethnicity," he told BBC Breakfast.
Just over 30% of people waiting for a transplant across the UK are from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. Over a third of people waiting for a kidney are from these backgrounds. These include interpretations of the Bible or the Quran, a lack of trust in the system or simply not understanding why their organs are more valuable to their own race, he says.
"Most people will actually say: 'Yeah, I would seriously consider because I realise the power of my ethnicity to saving someone's life'."
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