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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Lucinda Cameron

Bank worker who had life-saving heart transplant feels he can ‘do anything’ after 110km Sahara trek

Fraser Wilson trekked 110km across the Sahara two years after a heart transplant - (Fraser Wilson/NHS Golden Jubilee/PA Wire)

A bank worker who undertook a gruelling trek of more than 110km across the Sahara Desert, just two years after receiving a life-saving heart transplant, has declared he feels he can "do anything now".

Fraser Wilson’s remarkable achievement highlights the transformative power of organ donation, following a battle with genetic cardiomyopathy that had tragically claimed four members of his family, including his mother.

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