A 72-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has given a new lease of life to her ailing son by donating her kidney to him, officials said on Friday.

According to officials, Kamlesh Verma (46), who was suffering from a serious kidney ailment, had been undergoing dialysis for the last three years, but his condition did not improve.

As doctors recommended a kidney transplant, the patient's mother, Ganga Verma (72), came forward to donate her kidney, following which the organ transplant surgery was performed a few days ago at the city's Government Super Speciality Hospital, they said

Talking to media, Dr Ritesh Banode, head of the hospital's nephrology

department, said, "The transplant was challenging because of the donor's advanced age, but the surgery was completely successful.

" Dr

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