Dying landlord John Perrett donates $17.5million to Royal Melbourne Hospital after kidney donation
John Perrett bequeathed $17.5million dollars to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in his will for giving him a kidney transplant 30 years ago A humble pharmacist who made millions on the stock market left almost his entire fortune to the hospital that saved his life. John Perrett left $17.5million dollars to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in his will for giving him a kidney transplant 30 years ago. The late pharmacist from St Albans in north-west Melbourne also gave away a property he had been leasing to his long-term tenant Jane Sayner. Over the course of the 23 years she rented the property h...