 Mr Sebastian could be sent back to Sri Lanka any day |
A failed asylum seeker living in the South West has been told by his doctor he will probably die if he is deported. The man, who wants to be known only as Mr Sebastian, will be unable to get his life-saving drugs in Sri Lanka.
He had a kidney transplant at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital in 2003, but the anti-rejection drugs he takes are not available in his home country.
The 28-year-old's consultant said he was horrified the life he and the hospital saved would be at risk.
 |  In Sri Lanka dialysis costs lots of money and I don't know where I'm going to find this money |
Dr Peter Rowe said: "I know we can't offer asylum to everyone, but these are special circumstances.
"He didn't ask to come here and get kidney failure. If he goes back his life is at threat."
Mr Sebastian arrived seeking asylum in the UK six years ago.
He developed kidney failure in 2001 and had a transplant at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital 18 months later.
His application for asylum and an appeal have been turned down and any day he could be sent back to Sri Lanka.
He told BBC News: "If I don't get these tablets there's going to be a kidney rejection and I'd have to go straight away to dialysis.
"In Sri Lanka dialysis costs lots of money and I don't know where I'm going to find this money."
Alternative drug
A Home Office statement said: "The removal of those who have no legal right to be in the UK is an essential part of having an effective and credible immigration system.
"The UK Government will grant asylum to those with a well-founded fear of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Geneva Convention.
"People are removed only after all appeals have been heard and dismissed."
The Sir Lankan High Commission said an alternative anti-rejection drug was available, but Dr Rowe said the side effects of that particular drug made Mr Sebastian very ill.
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