Heart transplant patient urges ethnic minority families to donate

Medication kept her heart stable, but she started to feel unwell last year, while revising for final exams at the University of Nottingham.

Her symptoms started with vomiting and loss of appetite and it got to the point where she “couldn’t walk 10 steps”.

She was taken to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, a leading centre for heart and lung transplants.

“The team there were incredible, but I went from routine list to urgent list within two weeks, and I was then shifted to intensive care,” she said.

“At that point, the pain became agonising, and I submitted to my faith and put my trust in God.

“My faith is Islam and we’re taught that hardships can lead to ease, and it definitely did in my case.”