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The Donor Who Saved My Life

It took two years of waiting, and an international search, but a British doctor who has saved the lives of thousands of babies has met the man who saved HIS life.

It took two years of waiting, and an international search, but a British doctor who has saved the lives of thousands of the tiniest babies has met the man who saved HIS life.

Dr Nick Embleton, a Consultant at Newcastle’s Special Care Baby Unit, was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, and was told he would die without a stem cell transplant. There were no matches in the UK, but eventually a worldwide search did locate one.

Dr Embleton was keen to find out who his donor was - so got in touch with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. And it turned out, Dr Embleton may well have saved his donor's life, too.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s health correspondent, Sharon Barbour, witnessed their very first meeting, for this episode of 5 Minutes On.

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