Stranger donates kidney after hearing of 11-year-old boy’s plight online

An 11-year-old boy who was on the transplant waiting list almost his whole life has finally received a kidney from a stranger who saw his plight on social media.

Matthew Pietrzyk, who had neither of his kidneys, was constantly on dialysis and took 18 tablets a day just to stay alive.

The youngster, from Glenfield in Leicestershire, was on the UK transplant waiting list for eight years before he received his “gift of life”, his family said.