Thane: Dialysis patient dies, her liver saves a life

Thane | Saturday | 19th January, 2019

Summary:

Wagh, who is associated with Sushrusha Hospital in Dadar, said she started discussing the possibility of organ donation with her husband and son. MUMBAI: Thane resident Asha Bhalerao's (62) family had seen her six-year-long struggle to live with kidney failure all too closely. Overall, merely 3% of the 4100-odd patient waiting for organs got one. When she couldn't stand on her feet, the family rushed her to Jupiter Hospital, where she had been undergoing dialysis since 2013. She hoped to get an organ but didn't live to undergo that transplant..