Procedural hassles deprived woman of her husband’s kidney

Bengaluru | Monday | 9th April, 2018

Summary:

A private hospital’s organ transplant authorisation committee declined permission, faulting the couple’s family trees.Tabu had changed her religion after her marriage. Last year, Benglaurean Tabu (name changed), 45, was denied permission to get her husband’s kidney. BENGALURU: Living organ donations are increasingly getting stuck in procedural hassles due to stringent rules, sometimes ending in rejections even though relatives are involved. We declined permission for the donation and transplant,” Dr Bhanumurthy said. My husband’s family tree too did not come as there was spelling mismatch in names..