Meerut
A health emergency is something that breaks artificial barriers between humans and let's humanity prevail. One such case has come to light from Meerut city of Western Uttar Pradesh.
A Hindu Hindu woman donated her kidney to a Muslim patient, while a Muslim man saved the life of a Hindu patient by donating his kidney. A team of doctors at a city hospital saved two lives with close relatives of patients from a Hindu and a Muslim family entering a kidney swap deal to save the lives of their loved ones.
The doctors of Numita hospital are getting appreciation from all over for this rare transplant in a non-metro city in India.
Afsar Ali of Amroha was suffering from renal failure while his brother Akbar Ali was ready to donate his one kidney but it was a mismatch.
On the other hand, Ankur Mehra of Modinagar was also in the same position while his wife Anita Mehra was ready to donate her kidney but again their blood groups didn't match.Through the database of kidney donors, it turned out that Anita’s kidney can save the life of Afsar Ali while that of Akbar could help Ankur.
A rare kidney transplant performed at a hospital in Meerut has become the talk of the town among common people and the medical fraternity.
The doctors who performed four swap transplant surgeries simultaneously are Dr. Sandeep Kumar Garg, Dr. Shalin Sharma and Dr. Sharat Chandra.
The hospital has so far performed 250 renal transplants.
Doctors say when a patient's kidneys stop working he has to either undergo continuous dialysis, or he can get a kidney transplant.
While Afsar and Ankur got a fresh lease on life, their families are all smiles and feel like one.
Needless to mention both families come from different faiths and yet the need to save life blurred all their differences and have entered into a bond of humanity.
Dr. Sandeep Garg said that this step of both families is commendable and a message of social harmony.
In India, the sale of organs is banned and organ donation is altruistic. The organ donations are evaluated by a board to see if there is any illegal deal or coercion.
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