AFTER almost 5,000 people attended a donor testing event at the weekend, the quest to save Oscar Saxelby-Lee has ‘gone global’ this week, with the media across the world picking up on the story of the five-year-old Worcester boy, who has a rare form of leukaemia and just months to live if he doesn’t have a stem cell transplant.

Oscar’s story has been in the news as far away in the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Greece and other nations worldwide – and it was the amazing response of the people of Worcester – the sheer number who went to Pitmaston Primary School – that has caught the attention of the international media.

That in itself is a brilliant achievement for this city, because the worldwide coverage will prompt people across the globe to take a swab test to see if they could be a suitable donor, not just for Oscar but for anyone who needs a stem cell transplant.

That means that by turning out in such huge numbers at the weekend, Worcester’s residents have massively increased the chances of finding a donor for Oscar and others – something for which this city can be proud.