LONDONFormer Manchester United striker Andy Cole has started a research fund to help improve kidney transplants and patient wellbeing following his own battle against kidney failure. Cole, who won multiple trophies under Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford, suffered kidney failure in 2015 after picking up a virus while on tour in Vietnam as a United club ambassador. The 48-year-old, currently in isolation due to the coronavirus, wants to help others through the Andy Cole Fund run by Kidney Research UK, focusing on research into improving kidney transplants and patient wellbeing. "My goal now is to find better ways to help make life better for people living with kidney disease or a transplant. The Andy Cole Fund aims to raise at Sh62.5 million ($625,000) over the next three years, with improved mental health and wellbeing one of the core aims.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2020 14:03 UTC