Humanity Triumphs: Hindu, Muslim Women Donate Kidneys To Save Each Other's Husbands In Dehradun

In Dehradun, a Hindu and a Muslim women helped each other to show the true essence of humanity while communal hatred prevails in air.

Sushma Uniyal and Sultana Ali were on a common quest to find a kidney donor for their husbands but after running from pillar to post, they couldn't find a match even after months.

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The two wives, homemakers from Dehradun, failed to find a match, and due to incompatibility issues, they could not donate kidneys to their husbands.

Both doing well

Until now, when it turned out Vikas’s wife Sushma was a match for Ashraf, and Ashraf’s wife Sultana for Vikas. After successful transplant surgeries, both are now doing well.

“Both men’s wives were willing to donate kidneys for their husbands but their blood groups were not matching. It so happened that Vikas Uniyal’s wife Sushma’s blood group matched Ashraf Ali’s, and Ali’s wife Sultana’s blood group matched Uniyal's," Dr Shahbaz Ahmed, senior nephrologist at Dehradun's Himalayan Hospital told TOI.

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The swap was possible only after the Transplantation of Human Organs Act in 2011, Ahmed said.

It allowed people other than blood relatives to donate their organs.