wow..now talk about a gift that keeps on giving...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1226339.cms

 

 

MUMBAI: How does one respond to the gift of life? A Muslim woman who received a

kidney from a Gujarati Hindu donor has decided to express her gratitude by

turning vegetarian.

 

The gift of life, in medical parlance, stands for an organ donation — a heart,

a liver, the kidneys, pancreas, eyes or even skin — made by a brain dead

person’s family to an ailing person in need. Zayeeda (name changed to protect

identity) underwent a kidney transplant on July 21 at Hurkisondas Hospital,

Girgaum. As the organ transplantation guidelines frown upon any meeting between

donor and recipient families (to prevent any exchange of money or the like),

48-year-old Zayeeda knows nothing about the young man whose family donated his

kidneys. " It was only on inquiry that I found out that he was vegetarian, " she

told TOI.

 

" As his kidney is alive in my body, I have decided to respect his family’s

gesture by turning vegetarian, " said Zayeeda, who lives in the western suburbs.

 

Zayeeda had been on dialysis for six years and on the waiting list with the

Zonal Transplantation Coordination Committee (ZTCC) for a kidney for the past

three years. Her wait ended on July 21, when a Gujarati family from Andheri took

a painful, but courageous decision to let go of their ventilator-bound

37-year-old son, husband and father.

 

 

 

Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the

minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not

exist.

Tom Delay 4/23/96

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That's thoughtful, and a good result.

 

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Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:33 PM

wow..now talk about a gift that keeps on giving...

 

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1226339.cms

 

 

MUMBAI: How does one respond to the gift of life? A Muslim woman who

received a kidney from a Gujarati Hindu donor has decided to express her

gratitude by turning vegetarian.

 

The gift of life, in medical parlance, stands for an organ donation â? " a

heart, a liver, the kidneys, pancreas, eyes or even skin â? " made by a brain

dead personâ?Ts family to an ailing person in need. Zayeeda (name changed to

protect identity) underwent a kidney transplant on July 21 at Hurkisondas

Hospital, Girgaum. As the organ transplantation guidelines frown upon any

meeting between donor and recipient families (to prevent any exchange of

money or the like), 48-year-old Zayeeda knows nothing about the young man

whose family donated his kidneys. " It was only on inquiry that I found out

that he was vegetarian, " she told TOI.

 

" As his kidney is alive in my body, I have decided to respect his familyâ?Ts

gesture by turning vegetarian, " said Zayeeda, who lives in the western

suburbs.

 

Zayeeda had been on dialysis for six years and on the waiting list with the

Zonal Transplantation Coordination Committee (ZTCC) for a kidney for the

past three years. Her wait ended on July 21, when a Gujarati family from

Andheri took a painful, but courageous decision to let go of their

ventilator-bound 37-year-old son, husband and father.

 

 

 

Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour

[the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do

not exist.

Tom Delay 4/23/96

 

 

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