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A mum-of-two is sending out a desperate plea for a kidney donor as she battles end-stage kidney failure. Claire has ‘lost all hope’ as she has spent more than five years waiting for a match that has never come.

Claire Boland has such a rare blood combination that means, ‘out of 10,000 people, only two will be a match’ for her. Friends, family and loved ones have all come forward to be tested to see if they can donate their organs to Claire, and none have been a fit.

And after half a decade on the transplant list, there have been no strangers so far that could help her. Now, 39-year-old Claire is putting out a ‘last resort’ call for people to sign up to get tested and see if they could donate. Finding a kidney could save Claire from fate she says is ‘not a life’ at all – an

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