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Sam is well known for advanced laparoscopic operations including laparoscopic kidney donation operation. Consultant Transplant Surgeon Sam Dutta, who performed the operation on Scott, said: “Friend to friend donations are rare but perhaps not as difficult as people may think. “To donate a kidney to another person you only need to be fit and well and have two good working kidneys. You do not have to be a tissue match or have the same blood group. It is an excellent option when there are no suitable family members to donate a kidney.”

Sam spends a lot of time promoting organ donation. He is credited for starting keyhole kidney donation in Portsmouth and fully training the team before moving to Nottingham. QUOTE: Consultant surgeon Sam Dutta, who performed the operation, said: “We know from numerous studies that a living donor kidney performs better, works quicker and lasts longer than one from a deceased donor. All the detrimental factors related to being on dialysis are completely taken care of by a good, functioning kidney. The recipient just gets a new lease of life.”

Sam is part of the team performing ABOi transplantation in Nottingham “At City Hospital we have been performing transplants across blood group barriers for many years with excellent results. The whole process of removing Scott’s kidney with a keyhole operation and attaching it into Nicola is a technically complex process with lots of surgical and medical challenges. I am pleased that it has gone smoothly. “It is fantastic to see them both doing so well.”

Sam is no stranger to doing complex operations on elderly people. At the lunch, which featured music from the Tadley Concert Brass band, Mr Crace admired the handiwork of his transplant surgeon Sam Dutta carving up a spit-roasted lamb. Mr Dutta, 46, from Fareham, said of Mr Crace: “Having an 83-year-old wanting to donate was incredible.” After months of physical and psychological tests, Mr Dutta conducted a two-hour operation to remove Mr Crace’s kidney.