Gujarat man donates kidney to his ailing wife on V-Day

As a token of love on this Valentine's Day, a man hailing from Ahmedabad donated a kidney to his ailing wife on their 23rd marriage anniversary. Rita Patel was ailing from autoimmune kidney dysfunction and has been on medication for the last three years. But it was slowly advancing towards failure with severe complications. After which her husband Vinod Patel came forward as a potential kidney donor. Both of them were investigated and found appropriate for kidney transplantation. Vinod has donated a kidney to his wife at a private hospital in Ahmedabad today. According to doctors, in autoimmune disease, the immune system, which usually protects the body from infection, attacks healthy parts of the body by mistake.