Organ donations provide life-saving kidney transplants in Peru and Mexico

Individual organ donation stories highlight life-saving medical interventions in Peru and Mexico. In Peru, Diego García donated a kidney to his wife, Alexandra Montoya, to treat irreversible kidney damage caused by lupus. After two years of peritoneal dialysis and a period in intensive care, the transplant at Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins allowed her to recover her health.

In Mexico, a 37-year-old woman named Joanna received a kidney transplant through the IMSS Hospital de Especialidades No. 71 after six years of terminal renal failure. The organ was donated by Benjamín, a 44-year-old from Ciudad Juárez who had expressed his wish to be a donor prior to his death in an accident. The procedure was part of a coordinated effort involving specialists from Chihuahua to facilitate the donation.