A superfit great grandad stricken by two asbestos-related diseases has urged his old work comrades to get checked out.
Iain MacKenzie, 85, now suffers from pleural plaques and pleural thickening after working with asbestos roofing sheets in the 60s.
The great-grandfather from Partick, Glasgow – who used to bag Munros and cycle every day – thought he was fit and healthy his whole life.
But two years ago he learned he had been poisoned by the deadly substance after he started getting breathless.
Iain believes thousands more are affected and called on Scots to raise fears with NHS medics and charities such as Clydebank Asbestos Group (CAG) before it’s too late.
He said: “Doctors don’t routinely ask if asbestos was present in your past – which is strange in itself given Glasgow’s working heritage – so you need to flag it up if they don’t.”
Iain is being helped by not-for-profit charity CAG,which has supported those affected by asbestos-related diseases for nearly 30 years.
