Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
The Transplant Games
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October 6, 2018
9 minutes
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In 1978, the first international sporting event was held for athletes who'd undergone organ transplants. The brainchild of a British surgeon called Dr Maurice Slapak, the Transplant Games aimed to convince the public that patients could go on to live active lives. Caroline Heywood talks to Dr Slapak and to John Murray, who took part in the Games after a successful kidney transplant. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production.
PHOTO: John Murray taking part in the Transplant Games (personal collection)