They competed to "give life" to their sister who has kidney disease

Tuğba Manav, 40, from Konya, recovered from kidney failure, which she had suffered for 16 years, with a kidney transplant from her brother in the final stages of the disease.

Manav, a mother of one, was diagnosed with kidney failure due to high blood pressure in 2009.

Manav, who had been treated with medication for many years, met with his family upon doctors' recommendation for a transplant while he was about to begin dialysis at Necmettin Erbakan University Medical Faculty Hospital.

In addition to Manav's mother, his three siblings, the youngest of whom was 32, also insisted on being donors. A brief disagreement between them ended with the resistance of one of the siblings, Osman Öztürk (36), and a tissue match.

Following the tests, a kidney transplant was successfully performed from Öztürk to his sister.

Tuğba Manav told an AA correspondent that her doctors supported and guided her throughout her illness.

Manav explained that he was very excited when the idea of ​​a direct transplant without dialysis came up, and said:

"My siblings, my mother, and my entire family were supportive. They all volunteered and said, 'We will donate.' I was very happy to see my siblings compete with each other to be donors. My mother was cared for first, but because she was older, my siblings joined the queue. The transplant was done from my brother Osman. I was very scared that something would happen to him. The transplant was done four days ago, and I feel fine."

Manav, who emphasized that he himself had a kidney transplant but there are many people with kidney disease, said that patients will be happy when cadaver transplants increase.

Osman Öztürk, who saved his sister's life with his kidney, said he was very happy to have helped his sister regain her health.

Öztürk, stating that his sister Tuğba was lucky during the transplant process, said, "There was a fight between our siblings over who would donate a kidney to my sister. We all volunteered. I'm the dominant male, so I donated. Both my sister and I are doing well. I feel a sense of morale boost from donating my kidney to my sister. I advise everyone to be mindful of becoming a donor."

Dr. Selman Alkan, Associate Professor of the Hospital's Department of General Surgery, stated that the sisters are in good health, saying, "Our surgeries were performed successfully. The patients have minimal postoperative scarring. We eliminate both comfort and aesthetic concerns for the donor. We also observed that the kidney is actively functioning."