Despite rise in awareness about organ donations, the supply of vital organs in India is struggling to meet the demand since legal donations only fulfil three to five percent of the total requirement. Currently two lakh people are waiting for kidneys and 30,000 are waiting for a liver.
Now two women who were strangers months back have come together to save each other’s husbands by swapping kidneys. 49-year-old Saroj and 50-year-old Saira Bano in Meerut both ended up at the same hospital to donate their kidneys to their own husbands, but were their blood groups didn’t match that of their own husband.
The two women are determined to transcend religious boundaries and red tape as they are now willing to donate kidneys to each other’s husbands. They are already approaching a doctor for advice and the rest will depend on the government machinery.
In a time when religious differences are giving rise to controversy and organ donation in the country is far from adequate to meet the demand, a Hindu woman joining hands with a Muslim woman for saving their spouses is inspiring.
