A brave frontline doctor who is continuing to care for patients as he waits for a life-saving liver transplant has launched a “desperate” £250,000 fundraising appeal.
Abbas Al-Qafaji risks his life every day working in busy A&E departments across the north during the pandemic. But the father of three fears transplant delays caused by Covid means he is running out of time.
So he is trying to raise the cash to pay for private surgery. He said: “I love the NHS but I fear I could die unless I get help soon and go private for the transplant.” Abbas, 52, from Grimsby, was diagnosed in March with liver cancer and recently another tumour was discovered.