Woman Calls Of Engagement To Donate Kidney To Ailing Mother After Her Fianc¨¦ Opposed To It

A private hospital in Bengaluru witnessed an unusual organ transplant surgery recently.

While the kidney transplant procedure wasn't anything special the circumstances that led to it were. The recipient, a woman from Bangladesh, was donated a kidney by her daughter who broke her engagement to do so.

According to a report in The Times of India, the woman had to cancel her engagement after her fiance had opposed it.

The transplant surgery was conducted at the Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road in Bengaluru on July 21.

¡°I normally hesitate to accept unmarried girls as organ donors as the donation may affect their marriage prospects. I may sound chauvinistic, but I always think what if the girl was my daughter, what would I do. I reluctantly accepted her as a donor as she was motivated and insistent. Thankfully, everything went well, and both are doing fine. I met the girl¡¯s father and told him he is lucky to have such a wonderful daughter,¡± Dr Sankaran Sundar, nephrologist, Manipal Hospitals told The Times of India.

The doctors, however, admitted that they were unaware that the woman had broken her engagement to donate a kidney to her ailing mother. Dr Sundar recalled that the girl's father was overwhelmed and broke down while thanking her for saving his wife.

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But the move has reportedly triggered debate online over the doctors allowing the young woman to donate her organ.

¡°There are serious concerns in society about unmarried women donating organs even though it is medically not contraindicated. Also, in the case of married women, their husbands or in-laws tend to object to the donation because of unfounded fears of infertility. Under such circumstances, we should appreciate and compliment this young woman from Bangladesh for her altruism and the courage of conviction in going ahead,¡± Dr. H Sudarshan Ballal, nephrologist, and chairman, Manipal Hospitals, told The Times of India.