Chinese Woman Donates Kidney To Husband Despite Low Non-Blood Success Rate

A 25-year-old woman in China donated her left kidney to her husband in September, despite the reported success rate for non-blood relatives being less than 10 per cent.

Donation at Guangzhou hospital

Liang underwent the kidney donation for her husband, Chung, 33, at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.

The source says Chung was suffering from uraemia, and Liang donated the organ because she “did not want to lose him.”

Chung has congenital megaureter, a condition present from birth that involves an abnormally enlarged ureter.

He had been receiving regular treatment for the condition, which progressed into uraemia four years ago.

Marriage despite illness

Despite Chung’s illness, Liang married him in January last year.

She gave birth to their son shortly afterwards.

Liang was abandoned by her parents after their divorce and was raised by her grandmother.

She says she found the love and family she desired with Chung.

The donation stands out in the source because it involved a wife donating to her husband, a non-blood relative category described as having a success rate of less than 10 per cent.

Source: South China Morning Post