Campaigners think around a third could directly benefit from the device, mainly those who have been on dialysis for a long time, and those who have developed renal failure because they have Type 2 diabetes.
But whether or not the London organizing committee had chosen to work with a charity-based reseller, the real problem was its failure to set up any type of efficient, secondary market plan ahead of time.
As for the other incidents that have beset the type over the past few months -- a fan shaft failure on an engine, an oil leak, a windshield crack -- all can safely be put down to teething problems.