Yuri's story

Londoner Yuri owes his life to an organ donor after receiving a lung transplant.

Yuri and his daughter Shereen watching Queen's Park Rangers F.C.
Yuri and his daughter Shereen watching Queen's Park Rangers F.C.

Yuri needed to be attached to an oxygen tank 24/7 after a series of infections had caused damage to his lungs.

He waited three and a half years for a transplant and is now able to do much more than he could before.

Without a lung transplant Yuri wouldn't have lived to see his daughter grow up.

Knowing that I got my daughter to this stage means the world.
Yuri

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