A 55-year-old Kenyan woman, Fathumo Mohamud Dubow, has successfully undergone a kidney transplant at the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) in Hitec City, Hyderabad, after battling end-stage renal failure due to polycystic kidney disease. Unable to find suitable treatment in Kenya, she travelled to India with her daughter and sister in search of advanced renal care.

Following a detailed clinical evaluation, doctors at AINU recommended a living donor kidney transplant. Dubow’s sister volunteered as a donor after thorough compatibility testing and medical assessments. The transplant, performed in September 2025, was completed in a single four-hour surgical session by a multidisciplinary team of transplant surgeons, nephrologists, anaesthetists, and critical care specialists.

Polycystic kidney disease, a genetic condition marked by cyst formation in the kidneys, can progress to end-stage renal disease, requiring dialysis or transplantation. Doctors noted that having a medically suitable sibling donor significantly improved transplant success and long-term graft survival.

Post-surgery, Dubow was closely monitored and discharged after 10 days with stable graft function. She expressed gratitude for her sister’s life-saving donation and the hospital’s care, saying the treatment gave her “a chance to live again.”