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Ohio Officer Gets Life-Saving Kidney Donation from Citizen

An officer with the Green Township (OH) Police Department has received the gift of life as a local citizen has donated a kidney to him following an expansive search for a compatible donor.

September 15, 2020
Ohio Officer Gets Life-Saving Kidney Donation from Citizen

Officer Troy Biggs had been diagnosed earlier this year with a life-threatening kidney disease, forcing him to launch a search for a donor.

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An officer with the Green Township (OH) Police Department has received the gift of life as a local citizen has donated a kidney to him following an expansive search for a compatible donor.

According to NBC News , Officer Troy Biggs had been diagnosed earlier this year with a life-threatening kidney disease, forcing him to launch a search for a donor.

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Biggs was diagnosed with the genetic life-threatening disease in April. One of his sisters also has the disease.

Friends and family started a Facebook page for Biggs, and held fundraisers for the eventuality of a costly transplant surgery.

The donor wishes to remain anonymous.