AHMEDABAD: "Baba main teri mallika, tukda hoon tere dil ka...", this tune from contemporary Bollywood blockbuster 'Raazi' is the current favorite of Heena Tabiyar, a 24-year-old girl from Banswara, who herself has won many hearts as she chose to offer the gift of existence to her father.
Heena donated her kidney to her father Mohan Lal, 49, in a laproscopic procedure on June 14 - 3 days prior to Father's Day on Sunday. Even as both father and daughter get well within the native SAL Hospital, doctors say it is a rare case of an single girl donating her organ to save the daddy; an unrivaled gift for Father's day!
"A young daughter donating kidney to her father is rare, accounting less than 2% of the total donations," says Lal's transplant surgeon Dr Himanshu Shah who performed the transplant with Dr Sharad Dodiya and different group members. "Worrying that donating organ may mar a girl's marital prospects deters most families. In Lal's case, Heena was adamant to give her kidney after her 22-year old younger brother did not prove a match while she tested a perfect donor," he added.
Heena, who recently completed Basic School Teaching Certificate (BSTC) (an identical of PTC in Gujarat) and aspires to develop into a teacher, says she feels like the luckiest girl on the earth who may assist save her dad's existence.
"My father has raised me like a friend. Despite us coming from a conservative, middle class family, my father fulfilled my wish and sent me to boarding for higher studies. He takes my opinion in every important family matter. In this case, I prevailed as the elder daughter and I feel proud and luckiest girl in the world," Heena said.Heena says she isn't fearful if not having one kidney will bog down her marriage prospects. "A man who views my donating kidney to my father as a problem and not virtue would not qualify to be a good life partner anyways," says the spunky girl in jest.
Experts say this girl power needs to be encouraged as such circumstances are rare, few and some distance between. "In our entire transplant programme, 28 girls have donated kidneys-- 14 to fathers. Of these, only two were unmarried," says Sujata Rajapurkar, transplant coordinator at Mulji Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad.
Heena donated her kidney to her father Mohan Lal, 49, in a laproscopic procedure on June 14 - 3 days prior to Father's Day on Sunday. Even as both father and daughter get well within the native SAL Hospital, doctors say it is a rare case of an single girl donating her organ to save the daddy; an unrivaled gift for Father's day!
"A young daughter donating kidney to her father is rare, accounting less than 2% of the total donations," says Lal's transplant surgeon Dr Himanshu Shah who performed the transplant with Dr Sharad Dodiya and different group members. "Worrying that donating organ may mar a girl's marital prospects deters most families. In Lal's case, Heena was adamant to give her kidney after her 22-year old younger brother did not prove a match while she tested a perfect donor," he added.
Heena, who recently completed Basic School Teaching Certificate (BSTC) (an identical of PTC in Gujarat) and aspires to develop into a teacher, says she feels like the luckiest girl on the earth who may assist save her dad's existence.
"My father has raised me like a friend. Despite us coming from a conservative, middle class family, my father fulfilled my wish and sent me to boarding for higher studies. He takes my opinion in every important family matter. In this case, I prevailed as the elder daughter and I feel proud and luckiest girl in the world," Heena said.Heena says she isn't fearful if not having one kidney will bog down her marriage prospects. "A man who views my donating kidney to my father as a problem and not virtue would not qualify to be a good life partner anyways," says the spunky girl in jest.
Experts say this girl power needs to be encouraged as such circumstances are rare, few and some distance between. "In our entire transplant programme, 28 girls have donated kidneys-- 14 to fathers. Of these, only two were unmarried," says Sujata Rajapurkar, transplant coordinator at Mulji Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad.
Little saviour! Girl donates kidney to father
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