The Rev. Santhosh George of the Malankara Orthodox Church wants to donate a kidney to a 16-year-old girl named Jayasree.
Unfortunately, in India, only blood relatives of the recipient are permitted to be living kidney donors. Jayasree is in full kidney failure, and the priest, who runs an orphanage, wants to save her life. He has resorted to a hunger strike to persuade the government to permit an exception and let him donate.
Jayasree’s family members have exhausted their options, and the Rev. George has a demonstrated history of philanthropy. Can we agree that saving this child’s life will not contribute to organ trafficking and exploitation of the poor?
Kidneymum,
Did you ever see the finding in this article about Dr.’s at John Hopkins pushing for wider acceptance of the practice of shipping kidneys for transplant on ice for transplant?
http://www.dailyrx.com/news-article/kidneys-move-11472.html
I was unaware until I read here that until recently, hospitals and surgeons required all participants of a kidney transplant surgery to be in the same hospital for the operation.
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