There is a glimmer of hope that the number of organ donors from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic, or BAME communities may increase, thanks to a new initiative.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the NHS Blood and Transplant, the organ donor organisation for the UK and MOHAN Foundation, a not-for-profit organ donation charity based in India. The MoU was signed at the House of Lords last Thursday. Retired GP from Wolverhampton Dr Satya Sharma is actively supporting this initiative, as is Dr Sunil Shroff, managing trustee of the MOHAN Foundation, among many others.
There are currently 6,871 people on the transplant list, including 1,071 British Asian people.
