The High Court has awarded damages of £6.74 million to a man who nearly died in an operation to donate a kidney to his father.

The 39-year-old man, identified only as XYZ, suffered irreversible left kidney failure during the operation at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth in February 2008 while donating his right kidney and was left needing another operation, to receive a kidney from his sister.

The High Court heard that the man's life has been cut short by approximately 10 years and he has suffered serious health problems as a result. Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust admitted liability but disputed the amount of compensation originally claimed, about £14m which mainly related to future loss of earnings and medical expenses.

The man's counsel, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC told Mr Justice Spencer that XYZ now faces a life of considerable uncertainty. She said that he is now obsessed with his health and is constantly on edge as to whether his body will reject his new kidney.

Justice Spencer ruled that the man's identity should not be revealed, saying the circumstances were such that naming him would have a devastating effect upon the family. He added that the man's wife had also been badly affected by the experience and had received damages for psychological injury.

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