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Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher
Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher After an Essex Tech masonry teacher learned that his life depended on getting a kidney transplant, nearly 100 people signed up to be screened as potential donors, but the perfect fit was a surprising one - the teacher's superintendent.  David Collins, who has taught at Essex Tech and its predecessor, North Shore Tech, since 2000, was diagnosed with a degenerative condition called IgA nephropathy around the time he started teaching there.  The condition was slowed with drugs, but after the drugs were no longer effective Collins was forced to undergo dialysis in North Andover three …

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by Morgan Gonzales