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Jamie Lopez & Peter Diamond

Mum desperate to find kidney donor for teenage son after docs ruled he shouldn't get one

A teenage boy who needs a rare-kidney transplant is fighting a legal battle to have the right to treatment.

William Verden, 17, is currently being kept alive through dialysis but has been told it will stop working in 12 months at best.

Now his family have launched an appeal to find a life-saving donor but he faces a fight through the courts to win the right to have the transplant after health bosses said her son should not be offered the chance.

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