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Kidney transplant for rare 'Bombay' blood group patient performed
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on Sunday, 9 February, 2025
A 30-year-old woman with the extremely rare 'Bombay' (hh) blood group underwent a successful kidney transplant in India. The procedure, conducted at a hospital in Mumbai, is the first such recorded transplant in the country. The 'Bombay' blood group is exceptionally rare, occurring in approximately one in 10,000 Indians and only one in a million people in Europe.