A nurse donates a kidney to a total stranger

A nurse who donated a kidney to a stranger after watching patients suffer on dialysis at a renal unit revealed her family thought she was “crazy” for the act of generosity. Mum-of-two Rachel Cox went under the knife two years ago, so a kidney could be removed and given to someone waiting on the transplant list. Compassionate Rachel, 48, runs a hospital renal unit at Crosshouse Hospital, Ayrshire, where she has seen the the harsh realities of dialysis treatment on people whose kidneys have failed. Rachel said: “My family thought I was crazy.