Man who had heart transplant completes 110km Sahara trek

• Fraser Wilson, a bank worker, completed a challenging 110km trek across the Sahara Desert in November last year.
• This remarkable achievement came just two years after he received a life-saving heart transplant due to genetic cardiomyopathy, a condition that had affected his family.
• Mr Wilson undertook the formidable desert challenge to raise vital funds for the homelessness charity Crisis, collecting almost £11,500 so far.
• The journey also served as a platform to advocate for organ donation, with Mr Wilson sharing his story and highlighting its transformative power, as he declared he feels he can “do anything now”.
• His transplant was performed by the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, which has conducted 271 heart transplants since 2008.

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Bank worker who had life-saving heart transplant feels he can ‘do anything’ after 110km Sahara trek