After coming to Australia from a Bangladeshi refugee camp, Rezwan Mohammed suffered from kidney disease throughout his childhood. Not allowed to play contact sports, he turned to badminton to get his sporting fix.
abc.net.au/news/transplant-games-perth-kidney-disease-rohingya-refugee/101864330Raised in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, Rezwan was born with pneumonia and spent much of his childhood unwell.
Just a kid when he arrived in Australia, Rezwan "wasn't really worried about getting a new kidney", but by the age of 13, when his good kidney had given way, the reality of the situation set in.Rezwan with his older brother Osman. "[He was] very tiny. We were quite scared because we thought he wouldn't make it alive," Yousuf said.
"Health comes first before anything else, you have to get healthy first and then you can play, I've always understood that.Yousuf said Rezwan "missed out on a lot" growing up, including schooling and playing the sports he loved.When he was in year 8, a school friend invited Rezwan to take part in after school badminton sessions in the sports hall.Rezwan Mohammed has found success playing badminton.
After Rezwan received his transplant, his doctors suggested he compete in the Transplant Games, a sporting competition for people who have received new organs, as well as living donors and the families of deceased donors.The games, which are in Perth this April, are expected to draw some 2,000 competitors from more than 50 countries.Rezwan, who is also competing in table tennis, said he is "looking forward to meeting people and winning".
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