Two Chicago-area women desperately search for a living kidney donor: ‘I’m going kicking and screaming’

Two Chicago-area women desperately search for a living kidney donor: ‘I’m going kicking and screaming’

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Teen with kidney failure seeks donor, financial assistance

Years after his diagnosis and with treatment ongoing, a mother is seeking assistance for her only child, who is in need of a kidney transplant. Kanhai Ramnarine, 19, was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure in 2018. His mother, Yashoda Persaud, told the News Room that he was at home awaiting his Common Entrance results when he suddenly fell ill. “Just like that, one day he got everything — fever, cold, vomiting, diarrhoea, weakness, shivering,…