‘Off Campus’ Star Belmont Cameli Tried to Donate His Kidney to a Childhood Pal. He Saved Someone Else’s Life Instead
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‘Off Campus’ Star Belmont Cameli Tried to Donate His Kidney to a Childhood Pal. He Saved Someone Else’s Life Instead
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* *Off Campus* star [Belmont Cameli](https://people.com/off-campus-belmont-cameli-steamy-scene-proud-got-right-exclusive-11972811) donated his kidney in the hope of helping a childhood friend — and became part of a 14-person organ donation chain that saved the lives of seven patients.
* The star of the new Prime Video hockey series volunteered to donate his kidney to childhood friend Brendan Flaherty when he went into kidney failure and needed dialysis every day. But when Cameli wasn’t a match, doctors at Northwestern began looking for other recipients. Cameli’s kidney ended up going to Clotilde Ruiz, whose daughter wasn’t a match for her mother, but matched another patient, [*Daily Mail*](https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15812105/off-campus-series-belmont-cameli-extraordinary-act-chicago.html) reports.
* The chain continued until Flaherty received a kidney from someone he didn’t know, with a total of seven patients receiving life-saving donations in the complicated but successful, kidney matchmaking project.