A Hindu And A Muslim Women Will Donate Their Kidneys For Each Other's Husband

Two women, one a Hindu and the other Muslim, have approached the district magistrate here seeking permission to donate one of their kidneys to the other's husband. Both men have been on dialysis following renal failure.

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One of the proposed donors, Saira Bano, 61, is a resident of Amroha while the other, Saroj Devi, 50, is from Bareilly. Saira¡¯s husband Mohammad Aslam, 66, and Saroj¡¯s husband Lal Karan, 55, are both awaiting transplant.

On Saturday, district magistrate RV Singh asked the Amroha DM to send a report on financial and social status of Aslam and Saira Bano. Meanwhile, the DM also set up a committee comprising chief medical officer, additional CMO and two advocates to record statements on camera of both the donors. According to doctors who have examined them, the blood types of the women match the prospective recipients.

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Dr Sandeep Garg, a surgeon at a private hospital in Meerut under whose observation both the patients have been placed, told TOI, ¡°Aslam has been my patient for the past five years while Lal Karan has been visiting me for a couple of years. Now, both the patients have reached a stage where only kidney transplantation can save their lives.¡±

The surgeon said that the biggest hurdle in kidney transplant was the availability of suitable organs in both cases. Lal Karan and his wife Saroj have blood groups of B+ and A+ respectively while Aslam and his wife Saira have blood groups of A+ and B+ respectively.

¡°In both cases, women wanted to donate kidneys to their husbands but were not able to do it due to mismatch in blood groups. When we put these two cases together and realized the blood groups of the donors matched with the recipients in case of a swap, we suggested this to the couple and they readily agreed,¡± Dr Garg said.

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He added that there was a perfect match in blood groups and other medical examination of donors and recipients following which they sent their recommendations to the administrative officials.

Both women, Saroj and Saira, are housewives. Lal Karan is a junior engineer in the electricity department while Aslam used to work as a contractor in PWD.

¡°Now, we want to undergo the organ transplantation surgery as soon as possible,¡± Saroj said.

Aslam said, ¡°Doctors told us that the kidney transplant operation will cost us Rs 6 lakh. We have arranged the money as well as the donor. Now, it is the government that has to give us the go-ahead.¡±

Dr Garg said that once the state government gives its nod, both transplants would be carried out simultaneously at the same hospital.