Two women swap kidneys with each others’ husbands in Bengaluru

The families of both became friends during the treatment in the hospital and soon came to know about the match in their blood group.

July 04, 2015 02:03 pm | Updated 02:03 pm IST

In a rare instance, two women unrelated to each other donated their kidneys to give a new leash of life to each others’ husband. A small entrepreneur, Venugopal and a retired principal of a high school, Bhimsen Joshi were diagnosed with kidney failure and had been on dialysis for last few years. Wife of Venugopal, Savitri, and wife of Bhimsen Joshi, Anuradha, both wanted to donate their kidney to their husbands but doctors ruled it out due to mismatched blood group. But in a twist of fate, Savitri’s blood group matched with Bhimsen while Anuradha's blood group was a match for Venugopal. Both the families decided to be a support to each other.

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