India, Aug. 18 -- Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) performed its 34th kidney transplant surgery on August 7 on a young girl from Vijayapura in Karnataka who received a kidney from her mother.

The 23-year-old patient had developed severe kidney disease during pregnancy due to high blood pressure. For over a year, she underwent treatment and dialysis in Vijayapura, but doctors later declared that both her kidneys had failed, making transplant the only option, said SGH officials in a statement released on Saturday.

Private hospitals had quoted between Rs.15-20 lakh for the procedure, which the family could not afford. The patient's husband, who works as a driver in Pune, learned through acquaintances that SGH performs kidney transplants at a...