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Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 14:33 GMT
Kidney transplant boy back at school
Sarah and Aiden Miles have raised funds
A Gloucestershire boy is back at school after a kidney transplant
Nine-year-old Aiden Miles had the operation last October, after becoming the 100,000th person to go on the UK transplant waiting list. To mark the occasion he was presented with a certificate at Bristol Children's Hospital. Aiden was diagnosed with renal failure in March 2001 and started on dialysis, but a transplant was the only real long-term solution. Kidney unit His parents are now fundraising to help other children in similar situations. Aiden's father Gary, said: "He is much more outgoing and much more friendly with people, much more chatty." Aiden's school, Northleach, has raised £6,000 for the kidney unit at Bristol Children's Hospital where the youngster was a patient.
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