Don't Deport Recovering Transplant Patient

  • by: Care2.com
  • recipient: Home Secretary Theresa May
Rose Akhalu left her Nigerian home to pursue a university scholarship in the UK, but was diagnosed with end stage renal failure--which meant certain death unless she received a kidney transplant. The NHS granted Akhalu the life-saving kidney transplant. But now, the UK Border Agency is threatening to deport Akhalu, which would effectively guarantee her death.

Home Secretary Theresa May has the power to save Akhalu's life by allowing her to remain in the UK during kidney transplant recovery.

The UK's National Kidney Foundation called Akhalu's situation "cruel and unjust." It said that her deportation case severely undermines the life of a transplant patient, stands in the way of medical resources, and jeopardizes the trust and purpose of the entire kidney transplant system.

Tell Ms. May: Don't stand in the way of a kidney transplant patient's recovery by requiring unjust and deadly deportation!
Dear Home Secretary Theresa May,

Rose Akhalu's deportation case is not the time or place to make a federal point about immigration laws and "health tourism." Akhalu is clearly not attempting to violate citizenship laws, but her only chance at survival is staying near the UK medical services that afforded her a life-saving kidney transplant.

Do not stand in the way of a successful kidney transplant by deporting Akhalu back to Nigeria before she has the opportunity to recover. Akhalu's intentions are to benefit from her university UK scholarship, then return to Nigeria to make the most of her education. Deporting her will be premature, and punish her for an illness she did not plan and had no control over.

The UK's National Kidney Foundation and Akhalu's doctors all agree: ruining a completely viable kidney transplant operation demeans the entire transplant system and is an injustice to transplant patients at large.

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Treat Akhalu's case with the discretion and moral fiber it deserves: Don't end Akhalu's life with an abrupt deportation that could easily and justly be postponed.

Sincerely,
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